The Beijing Olympics and Snowboard Men's Halfpipe are in the finals.
From Japan, Ayumu Hirano, Ruka Hirano, Yuto Totsuka, and Ayumu Hirano's younger brother, Kaisei, are participating.
In addition, the slip of American player Shaun White, who has won three gold medals so far and has announced his retirement at the end of this tournament, is also noteworthy.
The final will run three times and the best score will determine the ranking.
We will update the results of the competition from time to time.
[Sliding order]
1 Chase George (Australia)
(1st) 62.50 (2nd)
2 Patrick Bergner (Switzerland)
(1st) 54.50 (2nd)
3 Andre Hefrich (Germany)
(1st) 13.25 (2nd)
4 Plains Kaishu (Japan)
(1st) 75.50 (2nd)
5 Jan Sherel (Switzerland)
(1st) (2nd)
6 Taylor Gold (USA)
(1st) (2nd)
7 Yuto Totsuka (Japan )
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(1st) (2nd)
8 Valentino Guzeli (Australia)
(1st) (2nd)
9 Shaun White (USA)
(1st) (2nd)
10 Ruka Hirano (Japan)
(1st) (2nd)
11 Scotty James (Australia)
(1st) (2nd)
12 Ayumu Hirano (Japan)
(1st) (2nd)
<Highlight> The key is the big skill "Triple Cork"
In Japan, Ayumu Hirano is in the top of the qualifying, Ruka Hirano is in 3rd place, Kayuto Totsuka is in 6th place, and Ayumu Hirano's younger brother, Kaisei is in 9th place. I proceeded.
Ayumu Hirano showed a high level of performance, such as deciding the "Double Cork 1440" with 2 vertical rotations and 4 horizontal rotations diagonally, which was the most difficult axis in the previous tournament in the qualifying.
The thick Japanese team is aiming to monopolize the podium in preparation for the final by reducing the difficulty of the technique in the qualifying.
The key to this is the "triple cork," which is a great technique that rotates the axis diagonally and vertically three times.
Until the previous tournament, "Double Cork 1440" was the most difficult technique, but at the international competition last December, Ayumu Hirano made a big technique "Triple Cork 1440" that rotates the axis diagonally 3 times vertically and 4 times horizontally. Was successful.
Not only Ayumu Hirano but also Totsuka and Ruka Hirano have succeeded in practicing the Japanese team, and it will be interesting to see if they can decide on a big move that no one has ever performed at the Olympics.
American Shaun White, who has won three gold medals so far, has announced his retirement at the end of the match.
It will be interesting to see what kind of gliding the players who are strong on the big stage will show in the final.
<Competition method, etc.>
The halfpipe slides down a semi-cylindrical course and performs aerial performance "air" (= jump, rotation, etc.) to compete for points.
Air is usually about 5 times.
The height, difficulty, and perfection of the air are graded.
The referee will score the difficulty of the technique, the degree of perfection, and the variety of techniques of the entire performance.
There are 6 judges, and the average score of the 4 judges excluding the highest and lowest scores is the performance score.