The medal was awarded to 17-year-old Kokomo Murase, who won the bronze medal, which is the youngest medal for Japanese women in the Winter Olympics at the Beijing Olympics and Snowboarding Women's Big Air.
Murase, who participated in the Olympic Games for the first time, won the bronze medal, which is the first medal of the Japanese team in this event, in the snowboarding women's big air, which slides down a steep slope and competes for the difficulty and perfection of the technique.
Mao Asada, who won the silver medal in figure skating at the 2010 Vancouver Games, is the youngest Japanese girl to win a medal at the age of 17 at the Winter Olympics.
At the medal award ceremony held at the Medal Plaza in Beijing on the night of the 15th, Murase entered the venue with a smile and waving his hand.
She then guts poses when her name is called, climbs to her podium, receives her bronze medal with a joyful look and hangs it around her neck.
After the award ceremony, Murase said, "I'm glad I was able to fulfill my dream since I was little. I'm glad I was able to show what I've practiced a lot at the tournament. I was really happy on the stage of my dream." I was there.
She then she said, "She wants to spread more about snowboard slopestyle and big air, so she wants to continue to ski cool."