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ASPEN, COLORADO - JANUARY 24: Hiroto Ogiwara of Japan competes in the Men's Snowboard Big Air during Day Two of the X Games Aspen 2025 at Buttermilk Ski Resort on January 24, 2025 in Aspen, Colorado.

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Japan's Ayumu Hirano competes in the snowboard men's halfpipe final run during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Genting Snow Park H &amp; S Stadium in Zhangjiakou on February 11, 2022.

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