Medals at X Games for Kiwi athletes
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New Zealand’s top snow sports athletes delivered at the Aspen’s X Games with three medals in preparation for the Winter Olympics.
Twenty-one-year-old Luca Harrington landed the Men’s Ski Slopestyle gold handling competition delays and tough conditions to thrill with a top performance.
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Harrington, the defending champion from 2025 having come in as an alternate, went into the lead at the end of round one, landing two triples off the bat. Momentarily dropping off the leaderboard, he then scored a 94.33 to scoop the gold in round two. Only two skiers prior have won back to back golds in the event.
Sadowski-Synnott took silver with her second run backside triple 1440 scoring a 94.66, but was bested in an extraordinary show by Cocomo Murase who landed a never-been-done backside triple cork 1620 to win the gold with a score of 96.66.
Sadowski-Synnott heads off now with the rest of her NZ team mates to rest and prepare for Milano Cortina.
Rocco Jamieson. 19 also scored a podium in the Men’s Snowboard Big Air, saving the best for last across his three runs, and landing a backside 2160 to score 90.66 and a silver medal.
Cam Melville Ives, 19 fresh off his silver at the FIS World Cup in Laax, once again came up against the legendary Scotty James. Unable to draw on one of his best performances, he missed podium, but has plenty in his kit bag to take into Milano.
