Before Beijing 2022 top Olympians focused on medals not pandemic, politics By Jack Tarrant
FILE PHOTO: Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics
TOKYO (Reuters) – Two of the world’s top winter athletes, Italian skier Sofia Goggia and Australian snowboarder Scotty James, said they were focusing on winning medals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, not the new coronavirus pandemic or potential calls for a boycott, as Beijing on Thursday marked one year until the Games start.
As well as attempting to hold an Olympics during what is likely to still be a global pandemic next February, Beijing and the International Olympic Committee are under pressure from critics of China’s human rights record.
One year ago the last time a pro snowboard and freeski competition took place in Summit County was the last time Yuto Totsuka lost one of the sport’s preeminent halfpipe contests. In February.
ASPEN The biggest heavyweight dropped out hours before the first round. Scotty James still brought his boxing gloves. But it was Yuto Totsuka who threw the knockout punch.
Yuto Totsuka wins first X Games Aspen gold in superpipe Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
Snowboarder Yuto Totsuka competes during X Games Aspen on Sunday in Aspen, Colorado. | KYODO
KYODO Feb 1, 2021
Los Angeles – Snowboarder Yuto Totsuka outdueled two-time defending gold medalist Scotty James for his first X Games Aspen gold medal on Sunday night in the men’s snowboard superpipe contest in Aspen, Colorado.
The 19-year-old had finished runner-up to James, Australia’s snowboarding wonder boy, the past two years at X Games Aspen but came through with a massive third run to jump from third to first.