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LIVIGNO, Italy — Japanese snowboarders Kira Kimura and Ryoma Kimata received the gold and silver medals within the males’s Big Air snowboarding occasion on the Milan Cortina Olympics on Saturday, dethroning champion Su Yiming of China with their hovering jumps within the Italian Alps.
Su ended the chilly evening within the mountain city of Livigno with the bronze as he couldn’t overcome the powerhouses from Japan.
Ollie Martin, a 17-year-old who was the lone American that certified for the ultimate, completed fourth, one spot away from profitable the primary U.S. medal of those Games.
Kimura fell on the touchdown of his second of three runs however impressed the judges with a troublesome swap bottom 1900 in his closing bid to safe his first Olympic gold.
The 21-year-old smiled broadly and clapped his arms on the rostrum on the medal ceremony.
He scored a complete of 179.50, forward of 171.50 for Kimata, to prime the rostrum on the Livigno Snow Park after posting 90.50 in his third and closing run.
After Su’s daring technical spin on his first run, the 21-year-old Chinese competitor fell on his arms within the second spherical, which harm his possibilities of retaining the title.
Competitors had been ranked by a mixed rating of their two finest jumps. Su’s whole was 168.50.
The Big Air occasion options riders launching off a bounce and performing an aerial trick involving flips, spins and twists. The medal contest was held at evening underneath floodlights.
–Reuters, particular to Field Level Media