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OLYMPIC GLORY
ZOI SADOWSKI-SYNNOTT & NICO PORTEOUS “They say it's not if you win or lose but how you play the game. It's only sport And not important - Observe the Olympic flame. But every Aussie knows the score - We all share that gut feeling. As the medal count begins to mount... Let us beat New Zealand!” In 1991, in the lead up to the 1992 Summer Olympics, Australian sports TV program, “Live and Sweaty” released the song “I Don’t Care, as Long as we Beat New Zealand.” It was a parody, written by Andrew Denton, describing the sporting rivalry between Australia and New Zealand, and played homage to the fact that NZ were outperforming Australia in almost every sporting event... However, despite our reputation as being a “winning nation”, New Zealand had failed to clinch a medal at any Winter Olympics. A year later, in 1992, Kiwi Annelise Coberger became the first person from the Southern Hemisphere to win a medal at the Winter Olympics, taking out Silver in the slalom at Albertville in France. Despite many talented athletes in the following years, New Zealand was unable to recreate Annalise’s Olympic success. The Wells brothers, who dominated the skiing scene in the 2010’s, were unable to attain medals at the Olympics despite podium finishes and wins at the XGames. Jossi came close in the 2014 Winter Olympics, placing 4th in the halfpipe but Byron was forced to withdraw due to injury which plagued both athletes in the following Olympics in 2018. So, it was an additional 26 years before New Zealand broke the drought, when then 16-yearolds, Zoi Sadowski-Synnott and Nico Porteous won Bronze in South Korea in 2018. The win made Zoi NZ’s youngest ever Olympic medalist (at 16 years 353 days) before Nico won later the same day at 16 years 91 days old. With both competitors achieving well outside expectations and at such young ages, NZ hopes were high for the 2021/<strong>2022</strong> Winter Olympics. Previously, Zoi and Nico outperformed all other competitors at the preceding X Games, a good litmus test for what to except at the Winter Olympics, and we were not disappointed. The historic moment of winning NZ first Gold medal at the Winter Olympics was achieved by 20 year old Zoi Sadowski-Synnott and a few days later Nico Porteous won another. For a country known for its exceptional Southern Alps, a people known for their adventurous spirit and incredible achievements in the mountains by pioneers such as Sir Edmund Hillary, it’s surprising that it took so long for New Zealand to make its mark at the Winter Olympics. However, whatever the reason for the drought, Zoi and Nico have certainly made their mark and their names are now firmly in NZ’s history books. For more of an insight into what it takes to make an Olympiad, we caught up with Tommy Pyatt, Nico’s long-time coach, for a bit of insight into what it has taken for Kiwis to strike gold. How long have you been coaching Nico? I started with Nico and his brother Miguel when he was 6 years old and their first experience out of ski racing and in the park. So about 14 years. I was working at Cardrona as a Freestyle coach at the High Performance Centre and they picked my face off the website for not looking too scary I guess. J U N E 2 022// 9
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