There was widespread anger and confusion after the judges appeared to miss the significance of Ayumu Hirano's historic triple cork at the Beijing 2022 Olympics. You would be forgiven for not knowing exactly what a triple cork is, but there was no doubt how special the second run was from the Japanese star as fans took to social media to share their delight and amazement at what he pulled off. Ad/> The 23-year-old, who won the silver medal in the superpipe at the 2013 Winter X Games at the age of just 14, went for broke with a quite outrageous performance which featured something unprecedented on the biggest stage.