25 Jan 2022

Nico Porteous wins second X Games gold

From Morning Report, 8:49 am on 25 January 2022

New Zealand freeskier Nico Porteous has won his second X Games gold medal in Aspen, Colorado - just two weeks ahead of the Winter Olympics.

For his last drop in, the 20-year-old pulled off what commentators described as the most technical halfpipe run ever landed in a competition.

Nico - who won the bronze medal in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeonchang - is on his way to Zurich now where he will prepare for the Games in Beijing.

He spoke to Susie Ferguson.