
Beaten in Beijing by a ground-breaking trick, snowboard king Scotty James has himself taken halfpipe riding into new territory in Milan-Cortina to clinch an elusive Olympic gold.
Japan's Ayumu Hirano landed the first-ever triple cork 1440 in Olympic halfpipe competition to win gold in 2022 ahead of James, but the Australian great will arrive in Italy having set his own new benchmark in the sport.