Canada hauled in four Olympic medals on Monday, bringing its tally to six at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Snowboarder Max Parrot earned Canada’s first gold medal of the Games in men’s snowboard slopestyle, and four ski jumpers earned the country its first-ever Olympic medal in the sport.
Many other Canadian athletes were also in competition on Sunday evening and Monday morning. Here’s what you may have missed from the overnight competition.
Bromont, Que., native Parrot dominated the men’s snowboard slopestyle event on Monday, earning him a gold medal — Canada’s first of the Games.
His teammate Mark McMorris, of Regina, won bronze. Parrot logged a score of 90.96, while McMorris scored 88.53 points. China’s Su Yiming took silver with a score of 88.70.