Zoi Sadowski-Synnott beaten by 16-year sensation at Snowboard World Championships

Zoi Sadowski-Synnott’s reign as slopestyle world champion is over after she finished second behind 16-year-old sensation Mia Brookes at the World Championships in Georgia.

The Olympic champion and two-time world champion was the top qualifier heading into Tuesday’s competition, meaning she was the final athlete to drop in for each of the two runs.

Dropping in first she laced together a stylish run which included a technical jump section with a switch back 900 into a frontside 1080 and finishing with a backside 1080.

The judges liked what they saw and rewarded her with an 88.78, putting Sadowski-Synnott into gold medal position after the first run.

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Her run one score held as the top score throughout run two, that is until second to last rider, Brookes of Great Britain, dropped in.

Brookes made history, landing the first cab double cork 1440 in women’s competition. She was rewarded with a score of 91.38, putting her ahead of Sadowski-Synnott.

Sadowski-Synnott gave everything in her final run but was unable to improve on her first run. She had to settle for a silver medal behind Brookes, who became snowboarding’s youngest world champion.

“Winning a medal here means a lot to me, it’s my last slopestyle competition of the season and it’s sick to land my run. Of course, I wanted to try and back up the world champion title, but I did everything I could, and I am so stoked for Mia,” Sadowski-Synnott said.

Sadowski-Synnott gave props to Brookes, acknowledging her incredible riding today. “Mia is leading the snowboarding competition at the moment, especially on the jumps. She is competing on the World Cup circuit at the moment and pushing all of us girls to ride our best.”