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 Shaun White Comes Up Short at Sochi

Conor O’Brien February 12th 2014 7:03 P. M

Shaun White one of the best snowboarders around has entered the Sochi winter Olympics and has gone medal less. He came in fourth place for the half pipe falling to Iouri Podladtchikov who got first and Ayumu Hirano who got second and Taku Hiraoka who got third place.

All four scores from Shaun, louri, Ayumu and Taku were within five points of each other. It must had been really frustrating for him because he was practicing for Sochi since 2010 and then to get to sochi and fall short.

 Shaun backed out of the Slope style event because on the qualifier he tried a trick on one of the jumps and his board clipped the edge of the jump and he jammed his wrist and hurt his shoulder. He made the decision to back out of that event because he didn’t feel comfortable and safe to continue on the course.

Shaun did not feel that the course was well built because the snow is so much different and you are able to go skiing and then go swimming outside because it isn’t very cold in Sochi. The snow is very wet and slushy and Shaun and other snowboarders like it hard and firm so they can go faster and and do better tricks. Sochi is the warmest place the Olympics have been held at ever in Olympic history.

Even though Shaun did not win a medal I still think that he is one of the best snowboards ever. If I were him I would not be very pleased either. This is a good motivator for him and I do expect him to win medals in the next Olympics.