Su Yiming (L) of China and Max Parrot of Canada celebrate after men's snowboard slopestyle final at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, February 7, 2022. [Photo via Xinhua]

China's Su Yiming made a breakthrough in China's Winter Olympic history when he took a silver in men's snowboard slopestyle while Max Parrot of Canada bagged the gold at the Winter Olympics Beijing 2022 in Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province of China on February 7.

PyeongChang Olympic silver medalist Parrot secured the victory with 90.96 points in the second run.

Su, 17, scored the medal-winning 88.70 points in his second of three runs, becoming the first Chinese male snowboarder to step on the Winter Olympics slopestyle podium.

As the World Cup Big Air winner, Su was the first rider ever to land an 1800 both ways in a FIS competition.

Mark McMorris, also from Canada finished with 88.53 in his best score to grab the bronze.