Snowboarding: Taiga Hasegawa gets win in 1st Japan big air podium sweep

Taiga Hasegawa led the first-ever Japanese sweep of an FIS snowboard big air World Cup podium Saturday.The 17-year-old Hasegawa won his maiden World Cup title with 186.00 points as the 2022-23 big air season came to a close in Kreischberg, Austria.Ryoma Kimata, 20, scored 182.50 points for second place, and World Cup debutant Kira Kimura, 18, rounded out the podium with 181.75 points, 1.75 ahead of fourth-place Valentino Guseli of Australia."I just tried to lay down two good runs no matter what, and that led to the result," Hasegawa said. "I felt good about my speed and body movements."Guse…READ FULL ARTICLE