Olympics: Japanese teens Kunitake, Okubo miss out on big air final

Japanese teenagers Hiroaki Kunitake and Yuri Okubo failed to qualify Wednesday for the inaugural snowboarding men's big air final of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.Kunitake, 16, fell on both runs in the second heat of qualifying for Saturday's final. The 17-year-old Okubo's better of the two runs at 84.25 points placed him ninth in the first heat, but only the top six in each heat were eligible for the final.Pyeongchang was unkind to Kunitake and Okubo, who also did not advance to the slopestyle final. Kunitake apologized for the results of his first Olympics."I feel terrible for all the p…READ FULL ARTICLE