Mia Brookes: British snowboarder wins bronze in slopestyle competition X Games in Aspen as Zoi Sadowski-Synnott wins gold
British skier Mia Brookes had to settle for a bronze medal in the slopestyle competition at the X Games in Aspen, Colorado.
18 years old Won gold 12 months ago However, she was unable to defend her title as New Zealand’s Zoi Sadowski-Synnott won the title in the first place.
The 23-year-old Sadowski-Synnott won the gold medal with a score of 94.66 in the first event of the finals, which included a stunning triple cork.
“To win this race, I can’t believe it. We have epic conditions and I would love to win the gold medal.”
Brooks’ first-choice score of 88.33 looked good enough for silver, but Japan’s 20-year-old Kokomo Murase missed the mark on his second run with a score of 90.33.
Brookes, the youngest competitor in the second year of the competition, was unable to improve on his score in the final frame after falling back trying to claw back 1260.
