In the Snowboard World Cup, the slopestyle final was held in Switzerland on the 22nd, and 19-year-old Reira Iwabuchi was sixth among the women.
The World Cup slopestyle of snowboarding was affected by the spread of the new coronavirus, and this tournament was held in Switzerland on the 22nd, and this was the first race of the season.
The competition is a course in which multiple jumping hills and rails of different shapes are lined up, and the competition is based on the difficulty and perfection of the technique, and the ranking is decided by the one with the highest score out of two skis.
As for the Japanese women, 19-year-old Reira Iwabuchi and 16-year-old Kokomo Murase advanced to the final.
Of these, Iwabuchi made a showcase by deciding the big skill to land by adding horizontal rotation from vertical rotation in the jump that made use of the height of the characteristic after clearing the obstacle with the first stable slide. ..
The score was 57.48, which was the third place, but in the second slip that followed, he could not exceed the first score, so he was sixth.
In addition, Murase did not improve his score as expected, such as failing to land the jump, and finished 7th at 52.98.
The winner was Jamie Anderson of the United States, who won the gold medal in this event of the two Olympic Games in Sochi and Pyeongchang.
On the other hand, for boys, 18-year-old Hiroaki Kunitake advanced to the final, but finished 11th at 29.70.