Defending champion Su rebounds to survive big air qualification at Milan-Cortina 2026 (updated)

LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Defending champion Su Yiming of China recovered from an early setback to progress to the snowboard men's big air final at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics here on Thursday.

Su only notched 22.00 points on his opening jump, but came back strongly in the later runs. He landed a backside 1800 nose grab for 87.75 points on his second attempt and followed it with a switch back