Shanxi athlete Jiang Xinjie clinched the silver medal in the final of the men's snowboarding big air event at the 9th Asian Winter Games on Feb 10. This marked his first personal medal at the Asian Winter Games and the first for Shanxi.

In the first round of the competition, Jiang, who was last to perform, executed a flawless 1440-degree rotation, landing smoothly to earn 83.25 points and temporarily place him in second. After three rounds, Jiang secured the silver medal with a total score of 160.25 points.

The young talent from Shanxi has been making a name for himself over the past two years. In February 2023, he claimed second place at the X Games China 2022 Skiing Tour Finals. In 2024, he won silver in the youth group's snowboarding slopestyle event at the 14th National Winter Games of the People's Republic of China. In January this year, Jiang was selected to represent China at the Asian Winter Games.

Jiang debuted at the Asian Winter Games on Feb 8, finishing fourth in the men's snowboarding slopestyle event.