American Kyle Mack takes silver in big air snowboarding debut

Canadian snowboarder Sebastien Toutant soared to gold in the Olympic debut of men’s big air Saturday.

Toutant scored a 174.25 in the final to give Canada its 11th gold of the Pyeongchang Games.

Kyle Mack of the United States took second with a score of 168.75. He had a chance to better Toutant but sat down on his third and final jump.

Billy Morgan of Great Britain earned bronze in front of a boisterous crowd at Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre.

Red Gerard, who captured the first gold medal for the United States in Pyeongchang in the slopestyle event two weeks earlier, finished fifth.

Skiing: U.S.