Mark morris 2018 olympic run

Photo: COC/David Jackson

Team Canada has its first medals of PyeongChang 2018, thanks to Max Parrot and Mark McMorris in snowboard slopestyle.

The duo gave Canada its first ever double podium in an Olympic snowboard event when Parrot captured silver while McMorris claimed bronze on a chilly morning at the Phoenix Snow Park.

McMorris had taken the lead through the first two runs, earning 85.20 points from the judges.

But in an event in which each boarder gets three runs, of which only the top score is counted, there was room for him to be overtaken.

The first man to do that was 17-year-old American Redmond Gerard, who scored 87.16.

They stayed first and second until the final man down the course, Parrot. After failing to do a clean run in his first two attempts, he came through in the clutch, g