Snowboarder Tess Coady has claimed Australia’s first medal of Beijing 2022, winning bronze in the women’s snowboard slopestyle final.
After scoring 82.68 on her first run, Coady held the third spot and finished her final run with a score of 84.15 to secure the bronze medal.
The gold medal went to New Zealand’s Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, who notched a score of 92.88 to claim her country’s first-ever gold medal at a Winter Olympic Games, while silver went to Julia Marino (87.68) of the USA.
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The medal for Coady was extra special after she suffered an ACL injury just days before she was meant to compete at the 2018 PyeongChang Games.
“That was wild and so insane. I’m dying. That was so insane,” she said after her run.
“I came back, I got my redemption yesterday and today I wanted to have the best time, enjoy it the most, and just send it.”
The 21-year-old said the injury setback and corresponding four-year journey helped to get her to where she is today.
“It’s crazy doing this kind of tour when you’re a teenager. It’s pretty easy to get to this big stage and think you’re a rock star and that kind of happened [to me],” she said.
“I just became complacent and stopped working hard. And, yeah, that was totally like the kick up the arse that I needed to just get to work.
“When I got back on the snow, like, there were no excuses for me.”
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