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Mikaela Shiffrin finished ninth but was relieved just to get to the finish after flunking her first two. Ayumu Hirano of Japan set the bar high by landing his difficult-to-do triple cork 1440 which wouldve been good enough for first but he.

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Japans Ayumu Hirano a two-time Olympic silver medalist took gold by landing the most progressive run in the sports history including.

. Trick progression is all that matters on the pipe and the 35-year. Japans Ayumu Hirano who twice has had to settle for silver wowed the crowd with a series of gravity-defying tricks to take a dramatic first place with a score of 9600. Japans Ayumu Hirano won gold in the mens halfpipe at the Beijing Olympics but what transpired was nothing short of controversial as the 23-year-old was awarded a shockingly low score on his seemingly flawless second run. In alpine skiing Switzerlands Lara Gut-Behrami added Olympic super-G gold to her world title.

Japans Ayumu Hirano clinches snowboard halfpipe gold with the last run of the final as three-time Olympic champion Shaun White ends hiscareer by missing out on a medal. The spirit of Shaun Whites snowboarding lives on in Ayumu Hirano a halfpipe heritage laid out before his very eyes in Beijing. Ayumu Hirano Flies Past Shaun White in Halfpipes Changing of the Guard The Japanese boarder landed a new trick the triple cork to unseat his idol the longtime US. Meet Ayumu Hirano the Olympic Snowboarder Who Topped Shaun White in Halfpipe The three-time Olympic medalist is a household name amongst snowboarding fans but re-introduced himself to the rest of.

Hirano earned gold for his third of three runs in the final round of competition but many thought he sealed the deal with his second attempt. Star and three-time gold.

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