US EditionJapan's Kimura and Kimata take gold and silver in men's snowboarding big air at Winter Olympics
- On Saturday, Kira Kimura and Ryoma Kimata led a Japanese gold and silver sweep in men's big air, earning the Games' earliest action-sports medals at the Winter Olympics.
- Having won medals in halfpipe over the past decade-plus, Japan's growth in freestyle snowboarding is reflected in their recent Olympic results, including one bronze in women's big air .
- Kimura surged with a blistering final run to clinch the win, scoring 3 for jumps and finishing with 179.50 points from his top two jumps, under big air scoring rules.
- The result pushes 17-year-old Oliver Martin off the podium, while Su Yiming's bronze and Japan's two medalists hint at their continued strength in upcoming events.
- The Livigno ramp, peaking at over 40 meters, framed the floodlit nighttime event where Kimura celebrated his first Olympic gold holding mascots Tina and Milo.
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On Saturday, the first medal winners in snowboarding at the Milan Cortina Olympics were announced, when Japanese Kira Kimura and Ryoma Kimata earned a double victory in the men's Big Air competition.
Milano Cortina 2026: Japan’s Kimura, Kimata Dazzle in Big Air To Claim Gold, Silver
LIVIGNO, Italy — Japanese snowboarders Kira Kimura and Ryoma Kimata won the gold and silver medals in the men's Big Air snowboarding final at the Milano Cortina Olympics on Saturday, dethroning champion Su Yiming of China with their soaring jumps in the Italian Alps.
Su Yiming earns China's 1st medal at Milan-Cortina Games as difficulty spikes in big air (updated)
LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Defending Olympic champion Su Yiming delivered China's first medal of the Milan-Cortina Winter Games on Saturday, claiming bronze in a fiercely contested men's snowboard big air final defined by soaring difficulty. Read full story
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