US EditionSnowboard-Japan's Murase wins gold in big air
- On Monday, Kokomo Murase, Japanese snowboarder, won Olympic gold in women’s big air at the Milan Cortina Games, adding gold to her 2022 bronze with a late jump.
- On Saturday, Kira Kimura and Ryoma Kimata won medals in men's big air, and Japan placed four riders in each 12-person final, highlighting the team's depth.
- The final featured a jump in difficulty as Murase, Seung-eun Yu, and another athlete executed extremely difficult 1440-degree rotations, showcasing a leap forward in technical skill.
- Anna Gasser, two-time defending champion, finished eighth on Monday, ending her bid for a third consecutive Olympic big air gold at the Milan Cortina Games.
- Murase will also compete in slopestyle while Ayumu Hirano aims to defend his men's halfpipe title, and 18-year-old Seung-eun Yu claimed bronze despite a fall on her final attempt.
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Murase wins gold in women's big air, extending Japan's snowboarding success at the Olympics
Japanese snowboarder Kokomo Murase won Olympic gold in women’s big air on Monday, two days after her teammates swept the top two medals in the men’s event. Murase had already locked up at least a bronze medal at the Milan Cortina Games when she went for broke on her last…
At the Winter Olympics in Cortina, Milan, Japan, Kokomo Murase won the women's snowboarding Big Air event.
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