Tokyo, Jan 22, 2026 (AFP) - Snowboard champ Hirano suffers fractures ahead of Olympics

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2026-01-22

Japan's Olympic snowboard champion Ayumu Hirano is facing a race to be fit to defend his halfpipe title at next month's Milan-Cortina Games after suffering fractures and bruises in a crash. The dreadlocked 27-year-old, who beat retiring American legend Shaun White to win gold at the Beijing Olympics four years ago, was injured after wiping out at a World Cup event in Switzerland on Saturday. He was left with a bleeding nose and cut mouth after hi......

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