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Melissa Woods

How King James hit career-best high on eve of Olympics

Australian star Scotty James has won silver and bronze Olympic medals, now he wants the full set. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

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.

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