Summary
At the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, there was controversy over the judging in the women's snowboard slopestyle event. NBC snowboarding analyst Todd Richards criticized the judges, claiming it was the worst judging he had seen and demanded an apology for the athletes. The criticism focused on the scoring decisions that led Japan's Mari Fukada to win gold over previous gold medalist Zoi Sadowski-Synnott from New Zealand.
Key Facts
- The event happened at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan.
- Todd Richards works as a snowboarding analyst for NBC.
- Richards criticized the judging of the women's snowboard slopestyle event.
- He said the judging was the worst he had ever seen.
- Mari Fukada from Japan won the gold medal.
- Zoi Sadowski-Synnott from New Zealand received the silver medal.
- Japan's Kokomo Murase took home the bronze medal.
- Richards called for an apology to the athletes from the judges and course designers.
