Olympics: Hirano mulls Tokyo 2020 skateboard bid after 2nd silver

A day after claiming his second straight Winter Olympic halfpipe silver medal, teenage snowboarder Ayumu Hirano said Thursday he is considering a bid to compete in skateboarding at the 2020 Tokyo Games.Speaking at a press conference at the Japanese team base in South Korea, Hirano said he hoped to line up on home soil in two years' time when skateboarding makes its Olympic debut.Should Hirano go through with the bid, it could set up another showdown with Shaun White, this time in summer, after the American revealed his own plan to qualify for skateboarding in Tokyo following his halfpipe vi…READ FULL ARTICLE