It’s one of the most exciting sports at the Winter Olympics is the Snowboard Cross, and now for Australians it has been put on the map. 22 year old Jarryd Hughes claimed the silver medal in a dramatic final on Thursday, finishing behind Frenchman Pierre Vaultier.
Australian Para-snowboarder Joany Badenhorst will arrive in PyeongChang 2018 as the athlete with the biggest target on her back, after the NSW Institute of Sport athlete claimed her second gold medal today at the IPC World Cups Finals in Canada.
The first day of Freestyle Ski Moguls concluded with direct qualification to the first finals for Australia’s top skiers, Britt Cox and Matt Graham, both finishing in the top ten out of 30.
51 Australians will compete at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics which officially gets underway with the Opening Ceremony this evening.