Two of his teammates Ruka Hirano and Yuto Totsuka have landed it while training but never in a competition and its rumored that other riders have been working on the triple cork as well. Ayumu Hirano won gold after successive silvers at the last two Olympics.
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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.
. Ayumu Hirano is from another planet yelled Harris. 625k Followers 6911 Following 234 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from AYUMU HIRANO ayumuhirano1129. Mikaela Shiffrin finished ninth but was relieved just to get to the finish after flunking her first two.
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. In a final that went down to the wire Hirano became the first. In alpine skiing Switzerlands Lara Gut-Behrami added Olympic super-G gold to her world title.
The spirit of Shaun Whites snowboarding lives on in Ayumu Hirano a halfpipe heritage laid out before his very eyes in Beijing. 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. Trick progression is all that matters on the pipe and the 35-year.
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. Ayumu was the only rider who had landed the trick in a competition but entering the day he had never executed a full contest run that included the trick. That was the most difficult halfpipe run in the history of halfpipe that has ever been done said Richards.
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. Its all about. Sitting in second place behind Scotty James Japans Ayumu Hirano put down a stunning halfpipe run which included a triple cork on the final run of the contest to win his first Olympic gold medal.
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