JILIN, Northeast China, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Kazuhiro Kokubo of Japan took the men's halfpipe gold medal at the sixth Asian Winter Games here on Tuesday.

    Kokubo scored 44.5 points, beating Chinese Shi Wancheng to second on 42.0, and Daisuke Murakami of Japan got the bronze in 40.7 points.