Japan's top para snowboarder Junta Kosuda let a first Paralympic medal slip from his grasp Sunday, after a crash into another boarder in a chaotic men's snowboard cross final saw him disciplined.Kosuda, the 2025 banked slalom world champion, has evolved from a Beijing newcomer in 2022 to one of Japan's top contenders at the Milan Cortina Paralympic Winter Games. Expectations have piled on as ongoing injury recovery difficulties put alpine skiing multi-medalist Momoka Muraoka's performance into doubt.His place on the podium initially seemed assured. He came back from the brink during the sno…READ FULL ARTICLE
