{"id":14653,"date":"2018-02-13T18:12:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T02:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/shaun-white-wins-gold-in-halfpipe-at-the-winter-olympics\/"},"modified":"2018-02-13T18:12:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T02:12:00","slug":"shaun-white-wins-gold-in-halfpipe-at-the-winter-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/shaun-white-wins-gold-in-halfpipe-at-the-winter-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaun White Wins Gold In Halfpipe At The Winter Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Shaun White of the U.S. warms up ahead of the men’s final in the snowboard halfpipe at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.<\/p>\n

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Updated at 10:15 p.m. ET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shaun White pulled off a gold-medal comeback in the halfpipe, and Japan’s Ayumu Hirano won silver on the strength of a phenomenal second run.<\/p>\n

CORRECTION: <\/strong>An early version of this story reported that White had won silver \u2014 that was reported after the second run had completed. On his third run, White won gold.<\/em><\/p>\n

White missed out on a medal back in 2014, when he was hurt at the Sochi Games. He’s now the only snowboarder ever to win three gold medals at the Olympics. And he did it by winning the 100th gold medal for the U.S.<\/p>\n

Held one day after American Chloe Kim dominated the women’s halfpipe, the men’s final was a contest between White, Hirano, and Australia’s Scotty James \u2014 who came out strong on his first run, scoring a 92.<\/p>\n

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SHAUN WHITE IS NOT HUMAN. #BestOfUS<\/a>#WinterOlympics<\/a>https:\/\/t.co\/r5PfUbeROr<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/6MmQiSZGRh<\/a><\/p>\n

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White stepped up next with an incredible array of tricks, height and precision, soaring above the halfpipe and landing cleanly. The judges rewarded him with a 94.25 \u2014 and that was nearly his best score of the day, after a stumble marred his second run.<\/p>\n