Follow the action as Lyon Farrell, Rocco Jamieson and Dane Menzies compete for medals in the men’s snowboard big air final.

This morning presents the New Zealand Winter Olympics team with their first opportunity at the medals as a trio of athletes compete in the men’s snowboard big air final.

Lyon Farrell, Rocco Jamieson and Dane Menzies all qualified for the main event, with Farrell in seventh, Jamieson in eighth and Menzies in 11th.

Farrell needed his third run in qualifying to make the mark for the final, posting an 81.50 with his last attempt.

The last of the 30 athletes to compete, Farrell needed to score higher than 73.50 to earn his place in the top 12.

“Olympic finalist sounds incredible, I can’t believe it, it’s so good,” he told Sky Sport.

“There were a lot of people getting their runs done and I’m just waiting.

“I’ve got the best team ever, to keep me going forward. Everyone believes so much in me, it’s the best formula I could possibly have to doing well.

“They kept me in a place where I felt like I could do anything and somehow in the last run I made it happen. Just crazy.”

The 12-strong field will have three runs in the final, with the run order in reverse order of how the 12 qualified.

Menzies will be the second man in action as he qualified 11th, with Jamieson fifth on the start list and Farrell sixth.

Earlier in the day, Ben Barclay and Luca Harrington qualified seventh and ninth respectively for the final in the men’s freeski slopestyle event, while Luca Ball finished 20th in qualifying in the event.

In the women’s freeski slopestyle qualification runs, Kiwi duo Ruby Star Andrews and Sylvia Trotter finished 17th and 20th, missing out on the final.

Christopher Reive joined the Herald sports team in 2017, bringing the same versatility to his coverage as he does to his sports viewing habits.