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Winter Olympics: Jarryd Hughes wins silver for Australia in snowboard cross final in Pyeongchang


Jarryd Hughes has won Australia's third medal of the Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang after claiming silver in the men's snowboard cross.

Hughes stayed close to the front throughout the race to finish second behind France's Pierre Vaultier, with Spain's Regino Hernandez taking the bronze.

Alex Pullin, the second Australian in the final, crashed midway through the race and did not finish.

Hughes joins Matt Graham (silver, men's moguls) and Scotty James (bronze, men's snowboard halfpipe), as Australia's medallists in Pyeongchang.


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