Japan teens take silver, bronze in men's halfpipe

Japan teens take silver, bronze in men's halfpipe

SOCHI, Russia - Teen snowboarders Ayumu Hirano (L) and Taku Hiraoka of Japan hold Japan's national flag after finishing second and third, respectively, in the men's snowboard halfpipe event at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 11, 2014. They earned Japan's first Olympic medals in snowboard.

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