Quebec snowboarder Max Parrot has taken another step towards the Beijing Olympics, which will be contested next February.
Parrot’s performances last season, in which he finished at the top of the world snowboard’s points list for the big jump, earned him an interim nomination to compete in both the big jump and the big jump. slopestyle in Beijing 2022. His appointment will be made official when he meets a minimum performance criterion in the coming season.
Parrot just needs to be ranked among the top 30 snowboarders in slopestyle / big jump on the FIS Olympic quota allocation list when the Olympic qualifying window closes on January 17, 2022, to secure his place.
At that time Canada will learn how many quota spots it has in all snowboard events. Shortly after, the Canadian team will be officially named.
It would then be the third consecutive Olympic participation for Parrot, which captured the silver medal of the slopestyle in Pyeongchang in 2018.
During his career, Parrot also won 13 medals at the X Games: eight gold, five silver.
The first Big Jump World Cup will take place this weekend in Switzerland. In addition to the World Cups, Parrot will participate in the Dew Tour in Copper Mountain, Colorado, in mid-December, and the Winter X Games in Aspen, at the end of January.
The Beijing Olympics will be contested from February 4 to 20, 2022.
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