17-year-old Taikatsu Hasegawa gained the gold medal within the Men’s Big Air on the World Snowboard Championships. It is the primary time for a Japanese athlete to win a gold medal on this occasion on the World Championships.
Teikatsu Hasegawa is 17 years outdated from Aichi Prefecture.
He began snowboarding on the age of 4 and gained the Junior World Championship Big Air held in March two years in the past.
In the Big Air World Cup, which he participated on this season, he confirmed fast progress, profitable his first victory in January this yr, and this time he was dealing with his first world championship.