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Jan 19, 2022
Japanese snowboarder Ayumu Hirano celebrates after winning the final World Cup men's halfpipe event of the season on Jan. 15, 2022, in Laax, Switzerland. (Photo courtesy of JOC)(Kyodo) Snowboarder Ayumu Hirano, a candidate for the men's halfpipe gold at the Beijing Olympics, was named to Japan's team Wednesday, effectively bringing all of the nation's biggest medal prospects on board for the Feb. 4 to Feb. 20 event. Hirano joins a national team featuring two-time defending men's figure skate champion Yuzuru Hanyu, speed skater Miho Takagi, a gold-medal candidate in multiple events, and men's ski jumping World Cup leader Ryoyu Kobayashi. The Ski Association of Japan named Hirano and 45 others to fill out its 55-member squad. Among them were men's Nordic combined ace Akito Watabe and Ikuma Horishima, a three-time winner this season on the men's mogul World Cup circuit. The association sent a 39-member squad to the 2014 Sochi Olympics and dispatched 47 four years ago to Pyeongchang. Related coverage:
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