'Travesty! Judges grenaded their credibility' - Fury at score for historic Ayumu Hirano stunt at Winter Olympics

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.

/> Beijing 2022'It is absolutely incredible' — Morgan breaks down Hirano heroics at Beijing 202219 MINUTES AGO He became the first snowboarder ever to land a triple cork in Olympic halfpipe history during his second run — yet inexplicably the judges did not quite appreciate the effort and awarded him a miserly score of 91.75 considering the feat. Todd Richards, a former US Olympian and seven-time Winter X Games medallist, lost his cool on NBC and led the charge in terms of a forceful backlash over the scoring. «Uhh, what?» Richards exclaimed.

«What? Is there a mistake? How did that — wait a minute. There's no way. There's no way! A 91.75? »As far as I’m concerned, the judges just grenaded all their credibility.

That run — I’ve been doing this for so long. So long. I know what a good run looks like.

I know the ingredients of a winning run. «I know when I see the best run that’s ever been done in the halfpipe. Try to tell me where you’re deducting from this run.