Yuto Totsuka led a Japanese men's podium sweep, while Mitsuki Ono and Sena Tomita finished 1-2 in the women's competition Saturday in the snowboarding halfpipe World Cup round at California's Mammoth
Japan's Kaishu Hirano claims men's halfpipe bronze, while fellow Olympian and compatriot Mitsuki Ono finishes third among the women in the opening round of the snowboarding World Cup in Colorado.
American Chloe Kim breezed through Wednesday s qualifiers in the women s snowboard halfpipe at the Beijing Games to advance to the final in first place, while Japanese teen Mitsuki Ono followed in her Olympic debut.