When Iouri Podladtchikov dethroned Shaun White to win gold in the halfpipe competition in Sochi on Tuesday, he immediately bear-hugged the snowboarding legend and said thanks.After all, it was ...

Olympic halfpipe champion Iouri Podladtchikov won't defend his title due to injuries sustained last month at the Winter X Games. The gold medalist, known as the I-Pod, practiced on the Olympic ...

Iouri Podladtchikov, the 2014 Olympic snowboard halfpipe champion known as I-Pod, is ending a five-year retirement to bid for the 2026 Milan Cortina Games. "I still feel an incredible amount of ...

Olympic gold medalist Iouri Podladtchikov suffered a head injury in a crash during the men’s snowboard halfpipe final at the X Games on Sunday night. Podladtchikov, 29, crashed on the final hit ...

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Olympic champion snowboarder Iouri Podladtchikov slammed his face against the halfpipe and had to be carted off the course Sunday at the Winter X Games in an accident that provided ...

Iouri Podladtchikov answered a reporter’s phone call in Frankfurt, Germany, and began talking before any questions were asked. “I want to make a statement right now before this [expletive] storm goes ...

Iouri Podladtchikov’s Winning Halfpipe Run FEB. 11, 2014 The Swiss snowboarder laid down the cleanest, most technical combination of tricks in the men's halfpipe.

When it comes to his riding, 2014 Olympic halfpipe gold medalist Iouri Podladtchikov is a realist. He doesn’t like to fantasize about tricks or runs that he can’t bring into reality.

ASPEN, Colo. -- Olympic snowboarding champion Iouri Podladtchikov suffered only a broken nose after he slammed hard into the top edge of the halfpipe at Sunday night's Winter X Games.

Iouri cannot help but smile and talk and revel in the moment. Each of their questions is a delicious morsel that he savors. He takes time in answering questions. He is thoughtful.

Iouri Podladtchikov – pronounced “YOU-ree Pod-LAT-she-kawv” but more commonly known as “I-Pod” – has everything he needs to be the coolest snowboarder in the halfpipe.

Injured Olympic halfpipe champion Iouri Podladtchikov tweeted a picture of himself in a hospital gown along with the message "I am doing OK," after a scary wreck at the Winter X Games.