Billy Morgan has won snowboard big air bronze to claim a record fifth British Winter Olympics medal of the Games.

Morgan squeezed into the final and was the second of 12 qualifiers to take to the ramp, but as his rivals failed to land their efforts, his podium chances improved.

He scored 168.00 for his two best jumps – 82.50 and 85.50 – after not scoring with the first, and Morgan was third with only Canada’s Max Parrot able to overtake him.

Great Britain’s Billy Morgan celebrates a bronze medal in the men’s Snowboarding Big Air at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre
Great Britain’s Billy Morgan celebrates a bronze medal in the men’s Snowboarding Big Air at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre (Mike Egerton/PA Images)

Parrot fell, so Morgan took third place behind gold medallist Sebastien Toutant of Canada and Kyle Mack of the United States, who claimed silver.

There were scenes of disbelief and jubilation among the British ranks as the realisation hit Morgan that he was now an Olympic medallist.

The 28-year-old Southampton snowboarder joins skeleton sliders Lizzy Yarnold (gold), Laura Deas and Dom Parsons (both bronze) and ski slopestyler Izzy Atkin (bronze) as a British medallist from the 23rd Winter Games.

A jubilant Morgan told BBC Sport: “I can’t believe it. I didn’t think I’d make the podium and I was just stoked to make the final.

“I just wanted to put a show down and I was worried after the first jump that I wasn’t going to land anything but managed to land my next two jumps and walked away with a medal.”

The podium place means Britain have surpassed their previous best haul of four medals, from the Chamonix 1924 and Sochi 2014 Games.