Ayumu Hirano wins the Gold Medal in the Men’s Snowboarding Halfpipe Finals on his last run
Ayumu Hirano wins the Gold Medal in the Men’s Snowboarding Halfpipe Finals on his last run from sports
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This dude absolutely flies
That first hit is just absurd. In slo-mo it actually looks like he’s floating at the top. How is that physically possible
Well won! Should have been in first after that second run, but that third run was gnarly !
Those landings are awesome
Should have won with his prior run, but four judges went temporarily insane
Todd Richards (American commentator) is the ultimate hype man. He was going ballistic after Hirano got robbed on his second run.
Five absolutely huge hits, landing them all as smooth as butter.
He earned that gold.
That dude is just amazing
Started the night hoping to see Sean White rock the gold. This kid piqued my interest when he supermanned in his first run, just missing a 747. Then after he got screwed on that second run I was all in for him. I’m so happy for that kid. He made it look effortless.
I think that was from a video game cheat code
Amazing. So glad for him. He totally got hosed after his second run, which was also amazing.
Judges are lucky they had a chance to redeem themselves. Dude can throw down that run was insane!
Stance Goofy
He should’ve won in 2018, glad to see him get it here.
He rocked it. Height has to help spinnies
Dudes playing SSX tricky
Great performance, but Jesus, his brothers record breaking 24.4 foot high jump was amazing and the pose he made topped it off.
‘twas great but his lil’ bro going 22’4”/23’9”/24’4” was INSANE. Wasn’t clean but yo them boys are amazing.
Man…watching this guy actually spin like a video game like SSX is insane.
Impressive.
Anyone know what he was listening to in the headphones?
Not going to lie, I cried a bit when Shaun fell. I just wanted him to medal; didn’t care if it was gold. But man, did Hirano earn it and Scotty James triple cork. What an amazing finish
For those that don’t know, he threw down the best run in the history of halfpipe on his 2nd run and got absolutely robbed by the judges, only being put into 2nd. It forced his hand and we were blessed with this gem.
what happened with the scoring of the second run?
-bad view from judges?
-IOC politics?
-prejudice racisim?
i dont know if those are even valid options, but the commentators were going crazy
This dude was fucking incredible. The commentary was great, too. I’m so glad he put down the insane last run to win gold, because he absolutely deserved it.
How could there be a difference of 96 to 91.75 between his second and third run?
Second run should have been at least 95 if the last run was 96. Insane that couple of judges scored him 90 and the American judge scored him 89 on the second run. Just absolutely crazy.
As a former snowboarder who has not seen a snowboarding competition in a few years, that run just blew my mind.
Dude almost got screwed… throwing down that amazing run 2x in a row speaks to how solid he is! He also got second place to Shaun White twice in the two prior Olympics. Well deserved.
He won it on his second run, but got the screw-job for some reason.
I don’t follow snowboarding; just casually during the Olympics, but holy shit has the sport gone through a transformation or something the past few years? That was insane.
All the judges for the second run were disappointing. Especially the American judge who gave it a 89 WTF
I was hoping White could have gone out on top, but Hirano killed it and definitely deserved the gold. Pretty pathetic that he had to lay down a, “are you sure you scored that last run correctly” run to get the proper score. At the same time, even more impressive
Triplegate
He shouldn’t have had to do it again cause American judge screwed him. Just happy he still won, rightfully so.
Should’ve won it the last Olympics as well
I remember this kid being flat out robbed of Gold in 2018 by the Judges bias towards Sean White, good to see him murder the competition again and get it this time around
“He really wants this gold” yes no fucking shit. Hate the commentators wish they were silent.
He earned it! The score on his second run was criminal but he showed he deserved that gold medal