The Beijing Winter Olympics today ushered in the competition for the men's U-shaped track skills qualification tournament for snowboarding! The appearance of the 35-year-old American "god of veneers" Sean White has attracted the attention of the world! Although he scored only 24.25 points in the first jump, he successfully advanced to the final with 86.25 points in the second round, impacting the fourth Olympic championship!
As a legend in the snowboarding industry, after winning the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics again in eight years, Sean White has been recognized by the world, and as his last Winter Olympics, the outside world naturally hopes that he can end his Winter Olympic career with a gold medal.
In this event, although the Chinese athletes won a full quota, Gu Ao (14th), Fan Xuebing (16th), Gao Hongbo (not out of the competition), Wang Ziyang (21st) failed to reach the top 12 and did not qualify for the final, it can be seen that China's snowboarding project is still far from the podium.
The Japanese team, which regards it as a strong project, all four players advanced to the next round, and among them were Hirano Bumon, Hirano Ryuka and Hirano Kaiju, who were known as the "Three Hirano Brothers", as the favorite to win the second place at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, and ranked first in the qualification round with 93.25 points. However, among the three people who are called "Hirano Three Brothers", Hirano Ryuka is only a "passerby" with the same surname, not a "family"...
In fact, this is not the first time that the outside world has recognized "passers-by" as one of its three brothers, as early as before, the Japanese media believed that japanese singer Hirano Ziyao was also his brother, and the age was similar, and what was more interesting was that even the appearance was very similar, which could be described as the "Hirano Division" scattered everywhere.
In the Hirano Family, Hirano Kaiju is his younger brother, and his older brother is named Hideki Hirano, and the mentor of the three brothers is their father Hideko Hirano, who as vice chairman of the Japan Skateboard Federation provides a great environment for the children, and also owes 8 million yen to build a Sea of Japan Skate Park for his children, for Hirano Bumon, whether it is snowboarding or the skateboarding competition at last year's Tokyo Olympics, the conditions created by his father are indispensable.
Hirano and brother Hideki Hirano and Sean White
In this Winter Olympics, Hirano's performance may be the most eye-catching besides Sean White, while his younger brother Hirano Haizhu is also worth paying attention to, just as an adult he won the silver medal in this event at the 2020 Lausanne Youth Winter Olympics, and the moment he saw his brother on the podium in Pyeongchang also really touched him, which also regarded his brother as his "competitor".
Hirano Bumon (right) and younger brother Hirano Kaiju (left)
In recent years, more and more young people have begun to go to the snow, and the crazy cool snowboarding has become the "first brick" for them to knock on the door of ice and snow, let us look forward to the champion of this event! Follow the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, please lock in five-star sports!