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Great Scott: Aussie ready for snowboard gold-medal duel

Building after Beijing, Scotty James believes he's done all he can to launch his quest for an elusive OIympic snowboard halfpipe gold medal.

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Winter Olympics champion set to defend his title just weeks after breaking his nose and pelvis

Ayumu Hirano suffered a heavy fall at a snowboard contest in Switzerland last month

The Independent UK

How King James hit career-best high on eve of Olympics

Scotty James will arrive for the Milan-Cortina Olympics as the snowboard halfpipe gold medal favourite after delivering new tricks four years in the making.

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Olympic great Shaun White's next chapter: Shaping snowboarding from outside the halfpipe

Newly retired and now trying to shape his sport from outside of the halfpipe he once dominated, Shaun White says he fully expects his upcoming trip to Italy — the country where he won the first of his three Olympic gold medals — to be an emotional ride

The Independent UK

Aussie star James swamped by Japanese snowboard threats

Australia's Scotty James must beat seven Japanese snowboarders to win the halfpipe World Cup in China while Melbourne ski teen Indra Brown has stunned on debut.

AAP

Olympic gold no pipe dream for snowboard king James

Ahead of his fifth Olympics, Australian snowboard ace Scotty James is keeping close tabs on his fiercest gold medal rival, even if it's not by choice.

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Shaun White's Snow League offers Shaun White Launches Snow League With Top News.6M Prize Pool.6 million prize pool and innovative competition format, aiming to elevate halfpipe riding.

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AI experiment in halfpipe judging at X Games will give snowboarders a glimpse into the future

The X Games will experiment judging halfpipe runs this week in Aspen using artificial intelligence, the cutting-edge technology that could someday play a role in the way subjectively judged sports are scored

The Independent UK

Shaun White documentary spells out the tough choices the snowboarder made for his sport and himself

Years after their sport was hoisted onto the Olympic stage, the idea of riding for big money and gold medals still felt dirty to most pro snowboarders

The Independent UK

Winter Olympic medallist Scotty James wanted to quit snowboarding, but talking helped him find his way back

Scotty James is a dual Winter Olympic medallist and three-time world champion in snowboarding, but he didn't always feel confident, or capable.

ABC News

Local govts try to ride X-sports popularity

At the Beijing Winter Olympics skateboard and snowboard double-threat Ayumu Hirano soared to gold in the men's snowboard halfpipe. His success, among other brilliant results achieved by Japanese athletes in both Beijing and at the Tokyo Summer Games, has helped X-sports popularity explode.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

8 biggest Beijing Olympics controversies

The Winter Games were already fraught from a human rights perspective, and these incidents didn't lift that shadow

Salon

Gold medalist Hirano: 'I gave it my all'

ZHANGJIAKOU, China -- Gold medal-winning snowboarder Ayumu Hirano expressed satisfaction with his performance and gratitude to those who helped him achieve it at a press conference Saturday in Zhangjiakou, China.

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The trick that uncorked a gold-medal run for Hirano

BEIJING -- For Ayumu Hirano, it wasn't a big finish that gave him the gold medal in the men's halfpipe, but the mind-boggling way he started his winning run at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

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After five Winter Olympics, American snowboarding superstar Shaun White bids a teary farewell

The greatest snowboarder of all time enters retirement, having been narrowly denied one final glory by athletes he helped inspire using tricks he helped innovate.

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics: Irate snowboarding commentator destroys judges on air over controversial low score

Todd Richards said panel had ‘grenaded their credibility’ with marks for Ayumu Hirano

The Independent UK

Today at the Winter Olympics: Skeleton woe for GB and mixed fortunes for curlers

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was involved in a doping scandal.

The Guardian - UK

Farewell to the Flying Tomato: how Shaun White left an Olympic legacy

The pioneering Shaun White bowed out after his fifth Games and in doing so passed the torch to Ayumu Hirano

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The Japan News/Yomiuri

Ayumu Hirano captures halfpipe gold

BEIJING -- Ayumu Hirano's third Olympic medal came in an even better color than the first two.

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Scotty James's snowboard halfpipe gold medal dream at Beijing Olympics ended thanks to magical run from Ayumu Hirano

Scotty James was beaten to Winter Olympics gold by an inspired run from Ayumu Hirano, but is already looking forward to finishing his medal collection in four years' time, armed with the no-longer mythical triple cork.

The Independent UK

Shaun White waves goodbye to Winter Olympics but spirit lives on in Ayumu Hirano

The legendary snowboarder bowed out with a fourth-place finish in the halfpipe but the legacy he leaves behind was illustrated by an exciting new generation

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tearful Snowboard Legend White Misses Olympic Medal in Farewell

An emotional Shaun White said there was "no agony, just happiness" after the snowboard legend missed out on a medal at the Beijing Olympics on Friday in his farewell appearance. The three-time Olympic champion from the United States finished fourth in the men's halfpipe, falling on his third and final…

Los Angeles Times

Shaun White finishes fourth in snowboard halfpipe as his prolific Olympic career comes to a close

ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Shaun White lifted his helmet off, the red hair that made him famous much shorter than it once was. He waved his black helmet to the crowd, lifted his hand and nodded his head.

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Japanese halfpipe snowboarder Ayumu Hirano wins gold after NBC broadcasters rant over baffling score

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The Independent UK

Hirano wins Olympic halfpipe gold; White 4th in last Games

In Shaun White’s farewell performance, Ayumu Hirano of Japan won an elusive Olympic gold in the halfpipe with a boundary-pushing final run

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