On February 10, the men's steeplechase competition for snowboarding at the Beijing Winter Olympics came to an end, with Austria's Alessandro Hemmerer winning the championship, Canada's Elliott Glendin as the runner-up, and Italy's Omar Wiesingting winning the bronze medal. The Chinese athletes in the project failed to activate the beijing Winter Olympics host quota and did not participate in the competition.
A total of 32 players participated in the event, and the qualifying race was held at noon, and after the competition, the group was divided into groups of 4 people, for a total of 8 groups. In the afternoon, the knockout round begins, with 4 people in each group starting at the same time, the first two advancing to the next round, and so on, and finally selecting 4 people to advance to the final.
In the final, Glendin led the way, but Hemeler's ability to go back was very strong, and he completed the overtaking in the later part of the game to the first place. In the final moments, Glendin sped up with all his might and tried to give it a go, but still lost to Hemmerer at a very slight disadvantage. Hemmerer thus became the third men's Olympic champion since the snowboard sculpting event entered the Winter Olympics.
Alessandro Hemmer, 28, is a veteran of the Three Dynasties of the Winter Olympics, finishing 17th at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and 7th at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. He is currently ranked 2nd in the World Cup table, winning the World Cups at Chongli and Austria this season, 5th in Italy and 9th in Russia. Including the 2021/2022 season, he has been ranked in the top 3 of the World Cup overall for seven consecutive seasons, and has been the overall champion of the world cup in the past three seasons, and has been on the World Cup podium 25 times in his career, including 14 times.