Snowboarder Scotty James has won the Silver Medal for Australia in the men’s snowboard half-pipe event at the Beijing Olympics.
The high-profile 27-year-old from Melbourne set down a stunning second run to take the lead in the event, but a mistake on his final run put him into second position behind Japan’s Hirano Ayumu.
Jan Scherrer from Switzerland took the bronze Medal.
James’s silver medal is an improvement on the bronze medal he won at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Australian snowboarder Scotty James has claimed the silver medal in the snowboarding men’s half-pipe event at the Beijing Winter Olympics
Fellow Australian Valentino Guseli also featured in the final but finished out of the medals in sixth place.
Australia’s only gold medal at the Winter Olympics so far belongs to freestyle skier Jakara Anthony, 23, who took out the Women’s Mogul Final after dominating the event with a final score of 83.09.
US snowboarding legend Shaun White, who is retiring after this Olympics, finished out of the medals in fourth place.
James improved on the bronze medal he won at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea
