China’s Su Yiming ‘happy to be first in world’ to perform dual 1980-degree spins
Olympic champion snowboarder ‘still pretty dizzy’ as he posts footage of the spins at the Stomping Grounds Project in Switzerland
China’s Olympic champion snowboarder Su Yiming has claimed to have become the first person to land two successive 1980-degree spins, sharing a video of the feat on his social media pages.
Su, who won gold at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in the big air event, on Wednesday uploaded the video and wrote: “Been thinking about this new combo for a long time! Still pretty dizzy!!”
On Thursday, Su posted the video on Chinese social media and said he was the first person to accomplish it.
“Happy to become the first in the world to complete back-to-back 1980s,” the 21-year-old said.
The 20-second video showed Su landing two tricks, each with 5½ spins, at the Stomping Grounds Project in Saas-Fee, Switzerland.
This was not the first time Su had broken new ground in the world of snowboarding: he was recognised as the first to complete and land one 1980-degree aerial spin.