Maple Beef? Canadian Boarder Apologizes To Olympic Teammate
Feb 12, 2022, 4:40 PM
ZHANGJIAKOU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 07: Gold medalist Max Parrot of Team Canada celebrates during the Men's Snowboarding Slopestyle Medal Ceremony at Medal Plaza on February 07, 2022 in Zhangjiakou, China.
BEIJING (AP) — Slopestyle gold medalist Max Parrot says fellow Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris has apologized for saying Parrot only won because of questionable Olympic judging.
Parrot acknowledged to The Associated Press that he failed to fully execute a grab on the first jump of the slopestyle course and says he was lucky the judges didn’t see it.
2019: fighting cancer at the hospital.
2022: winning an Olympic #Gold medal at #Beijing2022.Max Parrot is the definition of Inspiration! 💪#StrongerTogether | @MaxParrot pic.twitter.com/oyge7fvoEd
— Olympics (@Olympics) February 7, 2022
He maintains he still had the best run of the day and earned his first Olympic gold.
McMorris finished in third place and close enough that he would have taken silver if the judges had dinged Parrot for the missed grab.
McMorris told CBC on Friday he deserved to beat Parrot and Chinese silver medalist Su Yiming.
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