{"id":277420,"date":"2026-02-10T20:04:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T20:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/277420\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T20:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T20:04:15","slug":"watch-really-special-team-mates-perform-haka-following-zoi-sadowski-synnotts-medal-win-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/277420\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: ‘Really special’ – team mates perform haka following Zoi Sadowski-Synnott’s medal win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olympic medallist Zoi Sadowski-Synnott was honoured by her team mates with a haka following her silver medal win<\/a> in the Big Air event at the Winter Olympics in Italy.<\/p>\n

It was a record third medal in the event for Sadowski-Synott, who took silver in Beijing in 2022 and bronze in Pyeongchang in 2018.<\/p>\n

“I went and saw my family, and then I turned around and the whole team was performing a haka for me,” she said. “It was really special and meant a lot to me.”<\/p>\n

Sadowski-Synnott described the final is hugely inspiring.<\/p>\n

“That was incredible! It was such a high level of snowboarding, and to see the progression over the last four years and see what it takes to get on the podium now, I couldn’t be more inspired,” she said.<\/p>\n

“I’m just really grateful to be a part of it. It’s amazing seeing all these girls from all over the world who are really passionate about snowboarding doing so well.”<\/p>\n

\"Team<\/p>\n

\nTeam mates perform a haka in Zoi Sadowski-Synnott’s honour.
\nPhoto: Screenshot\/Sky\n<\/p>\n

Sadowski-Synott went into the final as the top qualifier, but a disappointing first run put the pressure on her for the rest of the competition.<\/p>\n

She was in tenth place after the first run when she failed to stick her landing and only managed a score of 27.75, with Japan’s Kokomo Murase leading the way with a score of 89.75.<\/p>\n

With the best two scores from the three runs counting, Sadowski-Synott needed to pull out something special to salvage her competition.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old completed a backside triple-cork 1440 in her second run to score 88.75 and improved to eighth, while Korean Seungeun took the lead from Murase.<\/p>\n

The Kiwi dropped in fifth in the final run, needing another high-scoring jump and responded with a switch backside 1260, which scored 83.50 and took her to the top of the scoreboard.<\/p>\n

She held that position until the last two competitors, with Murase finishing on 179 points compared to Sadowski-Synott’s 172.25.<\/p>\n

Sadowski-Synnott will defend her Slopestyle title next week.<\/p>\n

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