Chinese teen Su Yiming won first place in the men's snowboard slopestyle qualifiers at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday, advancing to the finals along with one of his childhood heroes, Canadian veteran Mark McMorris.
The 17-year old Chinese snowboarder, who is making his Olympic debut in Beijing, stunned with a 86.80 point run out of the gate, edging past McMorris, who recovered from a shaky first run with 83.30 points in his second try.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSu said he still had more advanced tricks up his sleeve ahead of the men's final on Monday.
American Sean FitzSimons, who like Su is making his Olympic debut, said he eased into the final by sticking to his staple jumps. "I just stopped worrying about what I got, what the judges gave me," he said. "I'm not going to think about what anyone else is doing, I'm going to do me and hopefully put one down."Redmond Gerard of the United States, who won gold in 2018, came in fifth in the qualifiers.
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