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Canada’s Toutant wins Olympic gold in snowboard big air
PyeongChang, Feb 24 (IANS) Canada’s Sebastien Toutant won the gold in the men’s snowboard big air event on Saturday at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
Toutant has now joined Austria’s Anna Gasser, who won the women’s big air event on Thursday, as the first Olympic gold medallists in the history of the sport, reports Efe.
The event is making its debut in the ongoing Winter Games.
Toutant came first with a score of 174.25 points from the first two attempts. Results from the best two of the three jumps are taken for the final score.
The Canadian enjoyed a five-and-half point advantage over Kyle Mack of the United States, who came second, and Britain’s Billy Morgan took home the bronze.
The Americans, Chris Corming — silver medallist at last year’s world championships held at Sierra Nevada in Spain — and Redmond Gerard — who won gold in the slopestyle at the same world championships — came in fourth and fifth, respectively.
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The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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