Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) won 16-1 over Takumi Hasegawa (Tokyo, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 Obihiro ICE Gold Cup in Obihiro, Japan. of the 2024 Obihiro ICE Gold Cup in Obihiro, Japan; Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) won 16-1 over Takumi Hasegawa (Tokyo, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 Obihiro ICE Gold Cup in Obihiro, Japan. After receiving a bye through the quarterfinals, Hirata lost
5-4 to
Yusaku Shibatani (Obihiro, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2024 Obihiro ICE Gold Cup in Obihiro, Japan; of the 2024 Obihiro ICE Gold Cup in Obihiro, Japan;
Hirata finished 3-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hirata defeated
Toshiya Iida (Wakkanai, JPN) 7-5, then won
12-1 against
Keita Hayashi (Obihiro, JPN) and
7-4 against
Keita Nishizawa (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their third place finish at the Obihiro ICE Gold Cup, Hirata earn
4.250 world rankings points and 465CDN. For week 1 of the event schedule, Hirata did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Hirata ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
