Canadian snowboarder Max Parrot has claimed a gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Beijing just three years after being diagnosed with cancer.
Parrot took part in the men’s snowboard slopestyle, and topped the podium after an impressive score of 90.96 in his second run saw him finish ahead of silver medalist Su Yiming of China, and fellow Canadian Mark McMorris who took bronze.
Victory in Beijing caps off a remarkable three years for Parrot, after he was diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma in late 2018.