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Shaun White Gets Gold in Vancouver 2010

By Gary King on 18 February 2010 12:50:18

Halfpipe supremo Shaun White won gold in the Vancouver Winter Olympics with an unprecedented piece of snowboard magic. This is his second Olympic gold in a row after clinching top spot in Turin 2006.

White effectively won the competition on his first run scoring an impressive 46.8 with Finland's Peetu Piiroinen getting silver and American Scott Lago taking bronze. However with the gold in the bag, White pulled out all of the stops with a combination of a double cork, a 1080 and then his infamous Double Mctwist for a second run that blew the judges away. He scored an impressive 9.7 out of 10.

What now for the 24 year old? Roll on Sochi 2014.

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Pete McCoy
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Shaun White
Reply #1 on : Thu February 18, 2010, 15:36:24

Shaun White must be the best snowboarder alive today. The guy is just amazing. It wouldn't surprise me at all if he gets gold again in Russia in four years time. So glad that this was made an olympic sport.