China’s Su back to winning ways, has 2026 Winter Olympics gold in his sights

Olympic snowboard champion Su Yiming has laid down a marker for the defence of his Big Air title at next year’s Winter Games. Su led a China one-two at the first Big Air World Cup of the 2025-26 FIS Snowboard Park and Pipe season, with Ge Chunyu beating current world champion Ryoma Kimata, of Japan, to silver. Such was Su’s dominance on Saturday at the Genting Resort Secret Garden in Zhangjiakou that he was able to enjoy a relaxed final run on his way to a total score of 174.50, courtesy of a...