The Chinese Yiming Su was so imperial during his first two jumps that he didn’t even need to show off on his last attempt.
Su easily won gold in the men’s snowboard high jump event on Tuesday at the Beijing Olympics.
Su landed a very good quality jump on his first run and he scored 89.50 points. He didn’t take his second attempt lightly and added 93.00 points to his tally.
Already assured of the gold medal before his third jump, the Chinese made a final lap to the applause of the crowd. He finished the competition with a total of 182.50 points.
Su also became the first Chinese snowboarder to win a gold medal at the Olympics.
Norway’s Mons Roisland managed to squeeze in between Su and Quebec’s Maxence Parrot after amassing 82.50 points on his last jump. He took the silver medal after posting a combined score of 171.75.
Parrot won the bronze medal with a total of 170.25 points.
After falling on her first run, Parrot landed a spectacular second jump that earned her 94.00 points, the second-highest total in the competition.
The Quebecer also managed his third jump, but the landing turned out to be a little imprecise. The judges awarded him a score of 76.25 and he took second place.
Parrot maintained this rank until Roisland dislodged him on the penultimate jump of the final.
Parrot, who finished qualifying at the top of the standings, was trying to become the first snowboarder to win two gold medals at the same Olympic Games.
Mark McMorris and Darcy Sharpe, the other Canadians to take part in this final, went all out on their third jump, but both crashed.
McMorris finished 10th overall with 113.75 points while Sharpe was 12th and last with 87.75 points.
Quebecer Sébastien Toutant, reigning Olympic champion in the event, did not participate in the final due to an injury which prevented him from qualifying. He still encouraged his teammates from the stands.