Zoi Sadowski-Synnott won New Zealand's first-ever Winter Olympics gold medal on Sunday after she took down the women's snowboarding slopestyle event at the Beijing Games.
Sadowski-Synnott's phenomenal third run propelled her onto the top of the podium, as she earned the competition's only score above 90 (92.88).
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A 28-competitor field was cut to 12 after qualification runs the day before. For the finals, each snowboarder had three runs, with the best result from that trio serving as their top score.