here we go, ayumu hirano. massive. holy cow. this is the time where you can be the one? translation: i have been training since the sochi 0lympics for the last four years i can get a goal in the next —— gold in the next 0lympics. i know everyone will give the best run they can possibly do. i feel that if i can read and the best runi feel that if i can read and the best run i could possibly do, ifeel that iam run i could possibly do, ifeel that i am confident enough to get a gold. double core, he is on here. can you describe how famous you are right 110w describe how famous you are right now injapan. translation: the sochi olympics is definitely put my name out there, especially the japanese people. people recognise me when i am walking around town. i try not to focus on that or pay much attention to it, just because i want to focus on snowboarding and getting the results that i am satisfied with. hopefully more people would recognise me as a snowboarder and see how well i am doing. the biggest difference a sense of four years ag

there has been some action on day five — as japan's ayumu hirano was leading in the men's halfpipe snowboardingve him the title. it's the third time he has taken olympic gold and it is the 100th gold the united states has won in winter olympic history. there is not much that marshall hirsch has not won. the 55 world cup race wins to his name, played down the importance of winning here. the 28th rob was well placed a medal after the downhill and clinched victory with the fastest time in the slalom. back at austria house, the relief was clear to see. after winning silver in sochi, finally it's the colour he admits he had a lwa ys it's the colour he admits he had always dreamt of. i mean, it is perfect to have this last big goal. to have this right now in my pocket. better it hangs around my neck. the other good thing is the always on pretty boring question is, now it is over with, this last boring question, they always ask me how was it, or is your career perfect without a gold medal? so this is what media were always asking me and now it is pretty easy because just good questions are allowed. ch

japan's ayumu hirano put the pressure on him taking the lead on the second run but white answered the. north korea's figure skaters received huge cheers as they took the ice for the short program and proved why they were the only north korean athletes to qualify for the pyeongchang games. two-time u.s. national champions alexa and chris were the sole u.s. pair team. the couple who began skating together in 2012 and married in 2016 were considered the underdog although it wasn't their strongest skate, the couple celebrated. the chance to be on olympic ice on valentine's day. the skate ended with china's figure skaters claiming the top spot with a score of 82.39, the athletes from russia and canada rounded out the top three and mikayla shifrin's was delayed from wednesday to friday due to strong winds. it's still windy here but the wind is forecast to dissipate in the coming days. olympic organizers need the wind to go away so they can fit in all of the alpine events that have been delayed. kendis, diane. >> and as shaun white celebrates another gold medal he is being forced to answer q

he sensationally snatched halfpipe gold with a superb final run to just pip japanese teenager ayumu hiranon the sport it wasn't cool to really want to win and ucd skies now, they wanted, they are hungry and motivated. even the qualifying was a vinyl! so i am really proud to come out on top today and bagful of those guys, honestly, because they pushed me to this point to be able to do these kind of runs. this point to be able to do these kind of runs. meanwhile, the weather has been causing more problems in pyeongchang. the biathlon and women's slalom had to be cancelled — organisers closed the olympic park and advised spectators to stay away because of more strong winds. the jamaican women's bobsleigh coach sandra kiriasis has dramatically quit her role and has threatened to take the team's sled with her. the jamaica bobsleigh federation is disputing she owns the sled. german kiriasis resigned after refusing to change roles from driving coach to track performance analyst, which would have given her no access to the athletes. thejbf has denied it will have to withdraw its team, which were d