{"id":247890,"date":"2026-01-20T10:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T10:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/247890\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T10:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T10:44:08","slug":"injured-hirano-ayumu-listed-by-japan-for-milano-cortina-2026-olympic-winter-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/247890\/","title":{"rendered":"Injured Hirano Ayumu listed by Japan for Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Injured reigning men\u2019s halfpipe Olympic champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/ayumu-hirano\" target=\"_blank\" 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Hirano Ayumu listed by Japan for Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;discipline-snowboard\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-male\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-jp\\&quot;,\\&quot;ayumu-hirano\\&quot;,\\&quot;asia-editorial\\&quot;,\\&quot;apple-news-all\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Injured Hirano Ayumu listed by Japan for Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;snowboarding-japan-olympic-team-announcement-2026-hirano-ayumu&quot;,&quot;discipline&quot;:&quot;discipline-snowboard&quot;,&quot;odf_id&quot;:&quot;SBD&quot;,&quot;module_instance&quot;:&quot;Inline&quot;,&quot;module_id&quot;:null}\" data-tracking=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hirano Ayumu<\/a> was one of 19 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/milano-cortina-2026\/sports\/snowboard\" target=\"_blank\" 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Hirano Ayumu listed by Japan for Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;discipline-snowboard\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-male\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-jp\\&quot;,\\&quot;ayumu-hirano\\&quot;,\\&quot;asia-editorial\\&quot;,\\&quot;apple-news-all\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Injured Hirano Ayumu listed by Japan for Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;snowboarding-japan-olympic-team-announcement-2026-hirano-ayumu&quot;,&quot;discipline&quot;:&quot;discipline-snowboard&quot;,&quot;odf_id&quot;:&quot;SBD&quot;,&quot;module_instance&quot;:&quot;Inline&quot;,&quot;module_id&quot;:null}\" data-tracking=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">snowboarders<\/a> named to Japan\u2019s squad for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/milano-cortina-2026\" 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Hirano Ayumu listed by Japan for Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;discipline-snowboard\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-male\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-jp\\&quot;,\\&quot;ayumu-hirano\\&quot;,\\&quot;asia-editorial\\&quot;,\\&quot;apple-news-all\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Injured Hirano Ayumu listed by Japan for Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;snowboarding-japan-olympic-team-announcement-2026-hirano-ayumu&quot;,&quot;discipline&quot;:&quot;discipline-snowboard&quot;,&quot;odf_id&quot;:&quot;SBD&quot;,&quot;module_instance&quot;:&quot;Inline&quot;,&quot;module_id&quot;:null}\" data-tracking=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Milano Cortina 2026<\/a> on Tuesday (20 January).<\/p>\n<p>Hirano\u2019s selection had been all but a foregone conclusion until the 27-year-old crash-landed on his first run at the World Cup in\u00a0Laax, Switzerland, over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>His face was badly bloodied and he pulled out of the competition, reportedly complaining of severe pain in his lower body. He fell so hard that his board broke.<\/p>\n<p>Hirano was expected to fly home for detailed tests. No official update has yet to be given by Hirano himself or the Ski and Snowboard Association of Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Hirano\u2019s younger brother, Kaishu, posted on Instagram a shot of Ayumu, his face covered with cuts and a pair of crutches.<\/p>\n<p>Kaishu wrote a message in English saying, \u201cMy heart aches for you. You will come back stronger with me. I\u2019m glad you\u2019re alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hirano is attempting to become the first-ever Japanese Winter Olympian to medal at four consecutive Games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Injured reigning men\u2019s halfpipe Olympic champion Hirano Ayumu was one of 19 snowboarders named to Japan\u2019s squad for\u00a0Milano&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-247890","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}