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  •   Home > News > Sports > Athletics

    Snow Sport New Zealand CEO Nic Cavanagh is hailing Zoi Sadowski-Synnott as the greatest female snowboarder of all time after her Beijing gold

    Snow Sport New Zealand CEO Nic Cavanagh is hailing Zoi Sadowski-Synnott as the greatest female snowboarder of all time after her Beijing gold


    The celebrations are continuing after the country's first ever Winter Olympic gold medal.

    Cavanagh says her talents are unmatched.



    Here's Sadowski-Synnott's response to that claim.




    Norway is top of the medal count with three medals, two of them gold after two days of official competition.

    © 2026 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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