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Miyabi Onitsuka claimed her second straight women's slopestyle snowboard World Cup with a win in Kreischberg on Saturday, while Hiroaki Kunitake finished third in the men's competition. The 20-year-old Onitsuka, who won the season-opening event in China's Secret Garden last month, scored 85.33 points in ...
Japanese teenager Reira Iwabuchi won her second straight women's World Cup big air competition on Saturday, while compatriot Takeru Otsuka topped the podium in the men's event. The 16-year-old Iwabuchi, who finished fourth in February's Pyeongchang Olympics, earned a two-jump total of 166.50 points in ...
Snowboarders Reira Iwabuchi, Miyabi Onitsuka finish 1-2 in women's big air event in season opener
Reira Iwabuchi and Miyabi Onitsuka claimed gold and silver, respectively, Saturday in the women's big air at the snowboard World Cup season opener in Cardrona, New Zealand. Iwabuchi landed backside and frontside 720 mute grabs at Cardrona Alpine Resort to net 174.40 points and first ...
Reira Iwabuchi crashes during final run, finishes fourth in Big Air
Teenager Reira Iwabuchi missed out on becoming the youngest ever female Japanese medalist at the Winter Olympics as she finished fourth in the snowboarding women's Big Air competition on Thursday. At 16 years and two months, Iwabuchi would have rewritten the record set by figure ...
Miyabi Onitsuka took gold in the world slopestyle championship, and American snowboarder Ryan Stassel won the men's event for his first major title on Wednesday. The 16-year-old Onitsuka was a surprise winner of the women's gold medal. She won the Japan slopestyle title last year ...
