Teen snowboarding sensation Ruka Hirano poised to impress at Lausanne 2020

The 17-year-old Japanese is not related to his namesake, two-time Olympic silver medallist Ayumu, but he could become just as good: in 2019 he won the Junior World title in Leysin, where the halfpipe event will take place during the Winter Youth Olympics.

Teen snowboarding sensation Ruka Hirano poised to impress at Lausanne 2020