U.S. Snowboarder Shaun White won a gold medal in Olympic Men's Half Pipe at the Winter Olympics 2010 on February 17, 2010. Shaun White also won the gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The silver medal went to Peetu Piiroinen of Finland and the bronze medal was awarded to U.S. teammate Scotty Lago.http://www.examiner.com/x-19632-Salt-Lake-City-Headlines-Examiner~y2010m2d18-Shaun-White-wins-the-Gold-medal-in-the-Half-Pipe-at-the-2010-Winter-Olympics White has competed in the Winter Olympics since 2002 and has won medals each time.Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour: Shaun White
White competed against 11 other finalists in the competition. No one was able to beat White's first score of 46.8 out of 50 in the second run except White himself, who scored 48.4 in the second run.thttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/sports/olympics/18snowboard.html Videos of the performance have been pulled from YouTube by the International Olympic Committee.
Flying Tomato Takes Gold
AP reports on Shaun White's final run in the Men's Half PIpe competition at the 2010 Vancouver Games.
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2006 Olympics
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First-run score: 46.8 out of 50, victory run: 48.4
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