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Sadowski-Synnott wins historic snowboard slopestyle silver at Winter Olympics
Sport Nation • February 19th, 2026 8:10 am
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott | Photo: AFP
Kiwi Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has added another medal to her Winter Olympics haul, claiming silver in the women's slopestyle final.
A week after winning the silver in the women's snowboard big air, Sadowski-Synnott produced a clutch final run to move from fourth place and onto the podium.
With ice in her veins, the Kiwi snow queen produced a score of 87.48, missing on earning consecutive golds in the event by a mere 0.35 points, pipped by Japan's Mari Fukada.
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott | Photo: Photosport
Kokomo Murase, who beat Sadowski-Synnott to top spot in the big air event last week, collected bronze with 85.80.
Only 24, Sadowski-Synnott has become the most decorated snowboarder in Olympic Winter Games history, with five medals - one gold, three silver and a bronze .
She's now level with equestrian's Mark Todd and kayakers Paul MacDonald and Ian Ferguson for most Olympic medals won by a New Zealander, with Lisa Carrington leading the way with nine.
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"Someone told me that after I got given this medal. I couldn't have even believed that that was a possibility when I was a kid, so it's pretty special," she said.
"Coming into these Olympics, there's been a lot of expectation, but most of it has really been from myself because I'm a perfectionist. I have really high standards of myself.
"The last two years hasn't really been easy with an ankle injury and then some bone-bruising coming into this season, so I'm pretty grateful to be standing here today with another Olympic medal."
