Max Parrot captured Canada’s first gold medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics in men’s snowboard slopestyle on Monday.Parrot dominated the slope alongside teammate Mark McMorris, who won bronze.
It’s the second straight Olympics that Parrot and McMorris have shared the podium in the event.A native of Bromont, Que., Parrot’s gold-medal win is an upgrade from his silver at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games.
His win came three years after he underwent chemotherapy to treat leukemia.“I had no more muscles, no more energy, no more cardio.
I remember I was drawn by my treatments,” said Parrot, with a Canadian flag draped over his shoulders.“I almost wanted to quit sometimes because it was getting so hard just to get to the next morning.