On the 8th day of the Beijing Olympic Games, Ayumu Hirano won the gold medal in the Snowboard Men's Halfpipe.
This is the first time in history that a Japanese player has won a gold medal on snowboarding.
In addition, Hirano won the medals for the third consecutive tournament, following the silver medals at the Sochi and Pyeongchang tournaments.
Japan has won a total of eight medals, including two gold, two silver and four bronze medals.
On the 11th, Germany won the gold medal as a skeleton boy, which was Germany's seventh medal in this tournament.
Norway won a gold medal at the Biathlon Women's 7.5 kg on the 12th, and the total number of gold, silver and bronze medals is 14, along with Austria.