Su Yiming earns China's 1st medal at Milan-Cortina Games as difficulty spikes in big air (updated)


LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Defending Olympic champion Su Yiming delivered China's first medal of the Milan-Cortina Winter Games on Saturday, claiming bronze in a fiercely contested men's snowboard big air final defined by soaring difficulty.

With consistency proving decisive in the high-stakes showdown, 21-year-old Su struck a careful balance between ambition and control after rebounding from a fall in qualification to reach the final.

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