Winter Olympics: NZ chasing medals in two events tomorrow

Snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott will race for gold at the Winter Olympics tomorrow. Photo / Getty

A change of dates for snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott's Big Air final means New Zealand will be chasing gold medals in two disciplines at the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang tomorrow.

Sadowski-Synnott qualified fifth best in the Big Air qualification series on Monday and was due to contest her final on Friday.

However bad weather has been forecast for that day at the venue, so the women's Big Air has been brought forward a day.

The final, which has three runs to produce a winning score, will start at 1.30pm (NZT) tomorrow.

That will precede the men's freeski halfpipe final, in which three New Zealanders made the top 12 to go for medals.

Byron Wells qualified fourth best, and brother Beau-James fifth, with 16-year-old Nico Porteous squeezing into the final by finishing 11th.

So he will go off second tomorrow, with Beau-James Wells eighth and Byron ninth on the startline in the final, which is also over the best of three runs.

It will be a big day in Wanaka too - Sadowski-Synnott and the Wells brothers are from the southern town. Porteous is from Christchurch.

Not to forget alpine skiers Willis Feasey and Adam Barwood are in the men's slalom event, which starts at 2pm (NZT).