Snowboarding: Murase, Kimata win as Japan dominates big air at worlds

Snowboarding: Murase, Kimata win as Japan dominates big air at worlds

Japan dominated the big air podiums at the snowboarding world championships with five medals on Friday as Kokomo Murase headed a women's sweep and Ryoma Kimata triumphed in the men's event. Murase and Kimata claimed their maiden world championships golds in St. Moritz, Switzerland, with Japan enjoying its first podium sweep at either the snowboarding or skiing worlds since 1999 when it took all the medals in the men's ski jumping, won by Kazuyos…

[Kyodo News, St. Moritz, Switzerland] The Big Air finals of the Snowboarding World Championships were held on the 28th in St. Moritz, Switzerland. In the women's competition, Kokoro Murase (TOKIO Inkarami) won the gold medal, Reira Iwabuchi (Burton) came in second, and Mari Fukada (Yamazen) came in third, with Japanese athletes dominating the podium.