CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy - Japan's top para snowboarder Junta Kosuda let a first Paralympic medal slip from his grasp Sunday, after a crash into another boarder in a chaotic men's snowboard cross final saw him disciplined.
Kosuda, the 2025 banked slalom world champion, has evolved from a Beijing newcomer in 2022 to one of Japan's top contenders at the Milan Cortina Paralympic Winter Games. Expectations have piled on as ongoing injury recovery difficulties put alpine skiing multi-medalist Momoka Muraoka's performance into doubt.
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