Snowboard bronze medal Defendant Hiraoka convicted of hit-and-run, etc. October 29, 13:20
Snowboarding Olympic medalist Taku Hiraoka was sentenced to imprisonment with the Katsuragi branch of the Nara District Court last year on charges of hit-and-run and other charges for escaping after drinking alcohol and driving a car in Nara Prefecture. He sentenced him to a sentence of 6 months and 4 years of suspended sentence.
Taku Hiraoka (25), who won the bronze medal at the 2014 Sochi Olympics Snowboarding Men's Half Pipe, drove a car after drinking alcohol and crashed into a light car in Katsuragi City, Nara Prefecture, and walked. A total of six people were injured and ran away, and were charged with hit-and-run.
In a ruling on the 29th, Judge Tetsuya Okuda of the Katsuragi Branch of the Nara District Court pointed out that "it is selfish to leave the scene for fear of being discovered without worrying about the victim."
After that, he was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison and a suspended sentence of 4 years, considering that he was subject to social sanctions such as the termination of the sponsorship contract.
After handing down the ruling, Judge Okuda told Hiraoka, "You have disappointed a lot of people. For those who have supported us so far, those who will win medals at the Olympic Games in the future. I want you to make an effort such as raising the medals. "