The Latest Breaking News from Ayumu Hirano

Great Scott: Aussie ready for snowboard gold-medal duel

Building after Beijing, Scotty James believes he's done all he can to launch his quest for an elusive OIympic snowboard halfpipe gold medal.

AAP · Feb 10

Winter Olympics champion set to defend his title just weeks after breaking his nose and pelvis

Ayumu Hirano suffered a heavy fall at a snowboard contest in Switzerland last month

The Independent UK · Feb 5

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

Scotty James will arrive for the Milan-Cortina Olympics as the snowboard halfpipe gold medal favourite after delivering new tricks four years in the making.

AAP · Jan 31

AI experiment in halfpipe judging at X Games will give snowboarders a glimpse into the future

The X Games will experiment judging halfpipe runs this week in Aspen using artificial intelligence, the cutting-edge technology that could someday play a role in the way subjectively judged sports are scored

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2025

Shaun White documentary spells out the tough choices the snowboarder made for his sport and himself

Years after their sport was hoisted onto the Olympic stage, the idea of riding for big money and gold medals still felt dirty to most pro snowboarders

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2023

Winter Olympic medallist Scotty James wanted to quit snowboarding, but talking helped him find his way back

Scotty James is a dual Winter Olympic medallist and three-time world champion in snowboarding, but he didn't always feel confident, or capable.

ABC News · Jun 25, 2022

Local govts try to ride X-sports popularity

At the Beijing Winter Olympics skateboard and snowboard double-threat Ayumu Hirano soared to gold in the men's snowboard halfpipe. His success, among other brilliant results achieved by Japanese athletes in both Beijing and at the Tokyo Summer Games, has helped X-sports popularity explode.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Mar 18, 2022

8 biggest Beijing Olympics controversies

The Winter Games were already fraught from a human rights perspective, and these incidents didn't lift that shadow

Salon · Feb 19, 2022

Gold medalist Hirano: 'I gave it my all'

ZHANGJIAKOU, China -- Gold medal-winning snowboarder Ayumu Hirano expressed satisfaction with his performance and gratitude to those who helped him achieve it at a press conference Saturday in Zhangjiakou, China.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Feb 12, 2022

The trick that uncorked a gold-medal run for Hirano

BEIJING -- For Ayumu Hirano, it wasn't a big finish that gave him the gold medal in the men's halfpipe, but the mind-boggling way he started his winning run at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Feb 12, 2022