ZANGJIAKO, CHINA – Zoe Sadowski Sinnott barely exited a gold medal winning streak before fellow medalists piled on her, tackles and embraces the New Zealander.
American Julia Marino and Australian Tess Coady embraced her as they shrieked and cheered, as did the latest Sadovsky Sinnott Tour as these women had just showcased in their sport. The trio of 20 people took the podium in Beijing here, giving the women figure skating to the Olympics a well-deserved show at last.
Four years after turning winds and poor conditions overshadowed the Olympic final in Pyeongchang, the young riders here have shown what’s really happening in their sport – progress and change seeing tricks for women they didn’t think possible until recently.
“Those were the finals we’d deserved for the past eight years,” said Cody, 21, who took the bronze. “It’s snowboarding so far. It was so frustrating in the last games that no one was able to show that. … It was exciting to show that to the world because we didn’t get the chance last time. It seemed like no one had He does anything for four years last time.”
Sadovsky Sinnott won New Zealand’s first gold medal at the Winter Olympics. Besides the big air bronze from 2018, the 20-year-old has taken home half of her country’s medals in her history. Her victory marked the first time since the event was added in 2014 that Americans had not led the podium, having swept American men and women in the past two Olympic competitions.
Meanwhile, Marino took the silver to win her first Olympic medal and first for Team USA in these games. She finished 11th four years ago.
The trio of young riders beat 31-year-old Jimmy Anderson, who won his first two Olympic golds in the event, but struggled to run clean on Sunday.
“(Sadosky Sennott) is the one who takes the sport to the next level, and I’m thrilled to be a part of it and be with her throughout it all, honestly,” said Marino, 24. An amazing contestant and an inspiration to all of us, so sharing the podium with her means the world to me.”
All of the medalists landed in runs that included at least one 900 and one 1080. They all landed in double cork 1080, or two off-axis cores with three turns.
With Marino in the lead, Sadovsky-Synot slipped in the final round of the competition and fell again 10 seconds later, plummeting far on the last jump after gaining massive capacity.
“It’s been a pretty crazy four years, and you kind of know what it takes to be on top of the podium,” Sadovsky Sinnott said. “I owe everything to all the other girls for pushing me. I think it’s going in the right direction, not really slowing down.”
was not.
Not so long ago, 540s and 720s were enough to win a contest. For years, Anderson could count on tricks like those to win and wasn’t paid to get ahead of her ride.
But in recent years, this group of young riders has pushed the sport forward and pushed Anderson to go with them.
“I feel so happy for Jules. Anderson, who finished 9th, said.” “I am really happy for Zoi and Tess and just seeing how far the girls are on the ice. Even if I am an inspiration to some young girls, I feel very proud and grateful.”
Those same athletes will now be looking forward to the big air on February 14th. This event, which features one big jump, inherently leads to more advanced riding, with snowboarders throwing their biggest tricks.
After Sunday’s downhill swimming final, only good things seem to come as these women can show just how far they are pushing their sport.
“It’s kind of exactly what the sport needs,” Marino said. “We all kind of put our best tricks together on a downhill run, which isn’t easy at all to do. I just think it’s a huge thing for the progression of women’s figure skating, because we’re learning day by day what we can do. And we’re capable. on a lot.”
