A day after claiming his second straight Winter Olympic halfpipe silver medal, teenage snowboarder Ayumu Hirano said Thursday he is considering a bid to compete in skateboarding at the 2020 Tokyo Games.
Speaking at a news conference at the Japanese team base in South Korea, Hirano said he hoped to compete on home soil in two years when skateboarding makes its Olympic debut.
"If I'm going to start aiming for (Tokyo 2020), I don't have much time. I'll need to train hard," the 19-year-old said. "I need to organize my thoughts. It's just a possibility at this point."