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The Pipe Has Been Passed - Beijing 2022
It is stunning to think that Ayumu Hirano (Japan) was less than a year old when his competitor, Shaun White (USA) won hisfirst Olympic medal. Hirano laid down a near perfect run that included a triple corkscrew hit and yet only scored enough points to move irnto the Silver Medal. Clearly that questionable scoring only hardened his will to have his final run leave no doubt that he is the best boarder in the half pipe today. And this time the points posted, 96.00 honestly reflected the quality of the performance. And yes, I went for another weak pun with the title.