Japan's Haruna Matsumoto booked her spot in the Pyeongchang Olympic women's snowboarding halfpipe final after placing third in qualifying Monday.Matsumoto will be joined in Tuesday's final at Phoenix Snow Park by Japanese compatriot Sena Tomita, who qualified seventh in a field of 24. The top 12 advanced to the final."I got a better score than I expected so I'm surprised. In the final I want to make sure I don't have even minor mistakes on my landings," said Matsumoto. "I hope to demonstrate all the efforts I have put into this competition."Two other Japanese, Kurumi Imai and Hikaru Oe, mis…READ FULL ARTICLE
