Aussie Olympian Hughes ‘excited’ to be home

February 27, 2018. Australian snowboard silver medallist Jarryd Hughes speaks to the media in Sydney on Tuesday. Hughes was one of three Australian medallists in PyeongChang, along with snowboard halfpipe rider Scotty James who brought home bronze and moguls skier Matt Graham who won a silver medal. Hughes said he was "excited to be home" after spending almost a month in the South Korean snow for the Winter Olympics. "It (Australia) is the greatest country on earth," Hughes told reporters at Sydney Airport on Tuesday after touching down. The 22-year-old arrived in Australia on Tuesday with cross-country skiing siblings Aimee and Callum Watson, big-air snowboarder Jess Rich, aerialist David Morris, figure skater Kailani Crane and moguls skiers Rohan Chapman-Davies and Jakara Anthony. As for his silver medal, Hughes said it passed airport security without a hitch."You just throw it in the tray and she'll be right," he said. (AAP Video/Iain Boyd).