The men's and women's halfpipe finals were held on the 3rd at the snowboard world championships held in Georgia. was fourth.
On the 3rd of the snowboarding world championship, the half-pipe men's and women's finals were held on the 3rd, skiing three times on a half-cylindrical course and competing for skill and difficulty in the air with a jump called "air".
In the women's race, which was contested by 8 people, Ono, who won the World Cup overall this season, took off with the opposite foot to the side on the second time and decided "Cab 900" to make two and a half turns sideways. Marked 83.00 and moved up from 6th place in the first round to 3rd place.
However, in the third run, which was aimed at turning things around, he fell on the landing and was unable to improve his score, and Ono finished 3rd and won the bronze medal.
This is the third time that a Japanese athlete has won a medal in this event at the World Championships, and the first since Haruna Matsumoto in 2017.
In addition, 21-year-old Ruki Tomita finished in 4th place, and the gold medal went to Cai Xuedong of China, who scored a high score of 90.50.
On the other hand, 20-year-old Ruka Hirano, who won the overall World Cup this season, landed a high quadruple air in the third round in the men's final, with 10 including four from Japan. However, I was unable to increase my score to 87.50 and ended up in 4th place.
Twenty-one-year-old Yuto Totsuka, aiming for his second consecutive victory, was sixth, 20-year-old Kaiho Hirano was seventh, and 17-year-old Shuichiro Shigeno was tenth.
The gold medal went to South Korea's 16-year-old Lee Chae-eun, who successfully performed one difficult trick after another and scored a high score of 93.50.
Mitsuki Ono "I'm happy to be able to do the technique I want to do and win a medal"
Ono, who won the bronze medal, said, "The halfpipe was a little rough due to the heavy snow the day before, and it seemed like it would be difficult to get a perfect run. I looked back.
"I'm half happy, and half frustrated that I couldn't finish the third run. I have mixed feelings, but I'm really happy that I was able to do what I wanted to do and win a medal." I'm not satisfied, I want to set higher goals and do my best to win the gold medal next time."
What is Miki Ono?
Mitsuki Ono is 18 years old from Saitama prefecture.
He has a lot of experience in international competitions, winning the Junior World Championships and Youth Olympics, and has been participating in the World Cup since 2019.
He qualified for the Olympics for the first time at last year's Beijing Olympics, finishing second in the qualifying rounds to reach the finals.
However, he was unable to improve his score in the final and ended up in ninth place.
True to his words, he won 3 out of 4 races in this season's World Cup and finished 3rd in the remaining 1 race, placing on the podium in every race. We were approaching the world championships.