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Iouri Podladtchikov gives Switzerland the gold medal'' in'' halfpipe, Japan writes the history of the discipline and Shaun White ends spectacularly off the podium.
Tuesday 11 February 2014 3 minutes reading time
Podladtchikov. born in Moscow and represents Switzerland in 2008, as best he could redeem the fourth Vancouver 2010 after a thrilling finale.
'' The Swiss, not brilliant in the morning and in fact forced to pass to the semifinals,'' takes home the gold with a wonderful second run of the final, which earned him a score of 94.75.
Behind Podladtchikov, as mentioned earlier, there are two Japanese and are the first medals of the story for Japan in snowboarding at the Olympics. '' The silver goes to 15 year old Ayumu Hirano, author of two heats both the highest level (90.75 and then 93.50), the 18 year old Taku Hiraoka bronze (92.25).
But the news of the evening is the American debacle, led by Shaun White that not only missing the Olympic trio, but even finishes off the podium. And to think that the day of "The Flying Tomato" had started at large with an outstanding performance in qualifying and had allowed him to get 95.75, which remains the best score of the day.
In the end, however, things have changed with a fall in the first run and a couple of inaccuracies in the second, in a final of the highest level, has left him at the foot of the podium (90.25). They did even worse than other Americans, Danny Davis (10th) and Gregory Bretz (12th and last in the final).
FINAL STANDINGS
Final Ranking
RankCountryName
1
ON
Iouri Podladtchikov
2
JPN
Ayumu HIRANO
3
JPN
Taku Hiraoka
4
USA
Shaun WHITE
5
ON
David HABLUETZEL
6
CHN
ZHANG Yiwei
7
CHN
SHI Wancheng
8
SLO
Tim-Kevin Ravnjak
9
AUS
Kent Callister
10
USA
Danny Davis
11
ON
Christian HALLER
12
USA
Gregory BRETZ
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