With five Olympic medals, Sadowski-Synnott is tied for the second-most decorated New Zealand Olympian alongside equestrian Mark Todd and kayakers Ian Ferguson and Paul MacDonald. Zoi’s just amazing, and she does it time and time again,” coach Tom Willmott told Sky Sport. While she improved with a 77.61 second run, that was only good enough to have her sitting in fourth by the end of the second round. In the men’s snowboard slopestyle final, held earlier in the day, Kiwi Dane Menzies finished seventh with a best score of 76.10. Like Sadowski-Synnott, Menzies was the top qualifier, however he wasn’t able to find a medal-winning run in the final.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 18, 2026 17:01 UTC