McMorris defends X Games slopestyle gold
Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris defended his Winter X Games gold medal in slopestyle Sunday with a walk-off final run.
The 29-year-old from Regina, who was the oldest competitor in the 10-man final, became the most decorated athlete in Winter X Games history with 22 medals, including 11 gold. Norway’s Markus Kleveland briefly supplanted McMorris in the fourth and final round on Buttermilk Mountain, but the Canadian laid down a big-scoring run on his final pass.McMorris won bronze at last year’s Beijing Olympics behind teammate and gold medalist Maxence Parrot of Bromont, Que.
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