Olympic medallists among first New Zealand selections for Beijing 2022


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Olympic medallists among first New Zealand selections for Beijing 2022 By Dan Palmer Tuesday, 21 September 2021 Olympic medallists Nico Porteous and Zoi Sadowski-Synnott are among the first five athletes to be named in the New Zealand team for Beijing 2022. The 19-year-old Porteous won a bronze medal in the men's ski halfpipe at Pyeongchang 2018 and 20-year-old Sadowski-Synnott claimed a medal of the same colour in the women's snowboard big air.Both are now reigning world champions after striking gold in Aspen in the United States this year.Porteous won halfpipe gold while Sadowski-Synnot defended her title in snowboard slopestyle.Sadowski-Synnot will...