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Ayumu Hirano (平野 歩夢, Hirano Ayumu, born 29 November 1998) is a Japanese Olympic champion and three-time Olympic medalist snowboarder and Olympic skateboarder.He won the silver medal in the superpipe in 2013 Winter X Games XVII at the age of 14, becoming the youngest medalist in X Games history, and won silver medals in the half-pipe at both the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and the ...
Feb 11, 2022 · Ayumu Hirano of Japan lands another epic run with a triple cork, daring the judges to keep him behind Scotty James. This time, they give him a 96, the highest score of the day — and the gold medal.
Feb 11, 2022 · Ayumu Hirano of Japan was the first to land a triple cork in the Olympics on his way to capturing the gold medal and beating a deep field of medal contenders that included Shaun White.
Feb 11, 2022 · Published 12:58 AM PDT, February 11, 2022. ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Ayumu Hirano saved his best for last. By doing so, the Japanese rider might have saved snowboarding from a good, old-fashioned judging mess. Hirano linked his trendsetting, once-thought-impossible triple-cork trick to four more rock-solid jumps to win gold on the Olympic ...
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Learn about Hirano Ayumu, the snowboarder who won two Olympic silver medals in halfpipe and skateboard. Find out his achievements, challenges, and goals for Beijing 2022.
Hirano Ayumu: Snowboarding and skateboarding. Hirano is more than just a winter Olympian. At the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 in 2021, he was selected to compete in the skateboarding men's park competition, an event making its debut on the Olympic Games programme. Although he was eliminated from the preliminary rounds, Hirano became just the fifth ...
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Japan's Hirano Ayumu landed a pair of unprecedented triple corks to beat Australia's Scotty James and Switzerland's Jan Scherrer in the men's snowboard halfpipe finals at Beijing 2022. The 23-year-old star became the first rider to perform the Olympic triple cork and fulfilled his childhood dream of winning gold.