Olympics: Kokomo Murase in Beijing with eye on Japan snowboard history

While becoming Japan's first Olympic snowboard gold medalist will ink her place in history, 17-year-old Kokomo Murase is hungry for more than that in Beijing.Wins at both the big air and slopestyle World Cup openers this season, and three podium finishes out of four in total across the two disciplines, mean her aspirations are far from outlandish."I've been on the podium for most World Cup events (I have competed in this season). I want to keep this form through to Beijing," said Murase.She became the youngest-ever winter X Games gold medalist at 13 years of age when she triumphed in the bi…READ FULL ARTICLE