SOCHI, RUSSIA – Ayumu Hirano and Taku Hiraoka earned Japan’s first medals at the Sochi Winter Olympics on Tuesday by taking second and third, respectively, in the men’s snowboard halfpipe. The 15-year-old Hirano led after the first round with a score of 90.75 and surpassed that with a second-round jump of 93.50 that pushed 18-year-old […]![]()
