Overview
- The American crossed the line first in his snowboard cross heat before being placed last in the quarterfinal rankings following review.
- Contact with Spain’s Lucas Eguibar led to the Spaniard’s fall, and France’s Jonas Chollet and Loan Bozzolo advanced to the semifinals.
- Early reports cited an "intentional" ruling by judges; a later statement to The Athletic from the International Ski and Snowboard Federation said the contact was not intentional but a clear mistake that cut off an opponent, triggering last-place ranking under line-deviation rules.
- Pare reacted on course and afterward, saying "That's insane" to officials and later describing the decision as hard to accept.
- The 21-year-old from Bethel, Maine, was making his Olympic debut; Chollet and Bozzolo were eliminated in the next round, and Aidan Chollet finished fourth in the big final.