Japan's twice silver medallist Ayumu Hirano easily led Wednesday's snowboard halfpipe qualifiers at the Beijing Games, while American Shaun White kept his Olympic dreams alive by advancing after fumbling his first run.
Three-time gold medallist White, who is in Beijing to compete in his fifth and final Games, fell in his opening run, after he failed on a trick and slid down the side of the icy halfpipe on his back.
"I had to fight for it, I had to work for it and that's been this entire season, me just grinding it out and working for it," White told reporters, saying he built more momentum going into his second run to land his signature double McTwist trick. If White finishes on the podium this week, the boarder, whose name has become synonymous with the sport, could become the first snowboarder to win four Olympic medals.
Hirano, who won silver at Pyeongchang 2018 and Sochi 2014, topped the qualifiers with his second run score of 93.25.
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