An Olympic snowboarder won New Zealand's first winter gold and left her father cussing in joy on live TV

• Zoi Sadowski-Synnott won gold in women's snowboard slopestyle at Beijing 2022.
• Sadowski-Synnott's medal is the first gold in New Zealand's history at the Winter Olympics.

20-year-old New Zealander Zoi Sadowski-Synnott won gold in women's snowboard slopestyle at Genting Snow Park at Beijing 2022.

In her third and final run of the slopestyle finals, Sadowski-Synnott put down a score of 92.88 to leap into first place.

"I knew before I dropped in that if I landed the run that I set out to do, I would win gold," Sadowski-Synnott said, per the New York Times.

Her prediction proved prophetic as she lifted her arms in the air in victory after landing her final jump, knowing she had won, and brought New Zealand its first Winter Olympics gold medal ever in the process.

While Sadowski-Synnott was celebrating joyously in the snow, her father Sean made some news with his celebration.

As a New Zealand news station interviewed him, Sadowski-Synnott's father couldn't help but let a few f-bombs fly in awe of his daughter's performance.

"She was fucking crazy," he said. "I'm pretty fucking excited, to be honest."

When Sadowski-Synnott realized her dad was going viral for his reaction to her gold medal, she laughed it off.

Per Reuters:

"Yeah, I think really that he had a few too many drinks at that point, but you can't really blame him. It was Waitangi Day in New Zealand (a national holiday), and his daughter just won the Olympics, so..!" she told Reuters, laughing.

Congratulations to Sadowski-Synnott, her father, and New Zealand as a whole on their first Winter Olympics gold medal.

After Sadowski-Synnott's gorgeous final run, the celebration is well-earned.