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Shaun White’s emotional, long final goodbye
ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Shaun White was 45 minutes into an hour-plus-long stretch of interviews with every major media outlet on earth. At the base of the Olympic halfpipe, where he’d just finished fourth, he’d told the same stories, recited the same anecdotes, offered the same observations on his just-concluded career. And finally, it just got…
Shaun White named to fifth Olympic team as oldest ever US halfpipe rider
Shaun White was one of four defending gold medalists named to the US snowboarding team Friday, along with Chloe Kim, Jamie Anderson and Red Gerard.Only White had to sweat out his spot on the team after a difficult month of qualifying that included a bout with Covid-19 and an injured ankle.He finished third last week…
Is Shaun White competing in the 2022 Winter Olympics?
Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Sports Snowboarder Shaun White might be the most well-known winter Olympic athlete, but will he be on the U.S team for the 2022 Olympics?The 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing are less than a month away and the U.S team is still being put together. One man who has not missed a winter…