Switzerland's Iouri Podladtchikov competes during the qualification run at the men's half-pipe Snowboarding FIS World Cup competition on November 4, 2009 in Saas-Fee, southern Switzerland. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

Switzerland's Iouri Podladtchikov competes during the qualification run at the men's half-pipe Snowboarding FIS World Cup competition on November 4, 2009 in Saas-Fee, southern Switzerland.

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