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The men's halfpipe competition in snowboarding at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics was held on 9 February (qualification) and 11 February (final), at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou. [1] Ayumu Hirano of Japan, the 2014 and 2018 silver medalist, won the gold, his third Olympic medal.
American Shaun White took the gold medal in the halfpipe contest at the 2006, 2010, and 2018 Winter Olympics. Snowboarding is an Olympic sport that has been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. [1]
The biggest life-changer in snowboard champion Ayumu Hirano's life since he won an Olympic gold medal: He became a father. “My private life, outside of snowboarding, is to enjoy spending time ...
Snowboarding is a sport at the Winter Olympic Games.It was first included in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. [1] Snowboarding was one of five new sports or disciplines added to the Winter Olympic program between 1992 and 2002, and was the only one not to have been a previous medal or demonstration event. [2]
Queralt Castellet of Spain won the silver medal and Sena Tomita of Japan the bronze, the first Olympic medals for both of them. The 2018 silver medalist, Liu Jiayu, qualified at the Olympics, but the bronze medalist, Arielle Gold, did not qualify. At the 2021–22 FIS Snowboard World Cup, only three halfpipe events were held before the Olympics.
Olympic gold medalist Ayumu Hirano headlines the roster of snowboarders who will compete in The Snow League, Shaun White's new set of halfpipe contests that brings together top athletes to compete ...
Shaun White of the United States in action during the Snowboard Halfpipe practice at Genting Snow Park during the Winter Olympic Games on February 7th, 2022 in Zhangjiakou, China.
The top 30 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified, with a maximum of four athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC) allowed. All athletes qualifying must also have placed in the top 30 of a FIS World Cup event or the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 during the qualification period (July 1, 2016 to January 21, 2018) and also have a minimum of 50 ...