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Winter Olympics: White Wins Halfpipe Gold

Snowboard Men's Halfpipe - Day 6

CYPRESS MOUNTAIN, British Columbia–What a day for Team USA. Lindsey Vonn and Julia Mancuso go gold and silver in Women’s Alpine Skiing Downhill. Shani Davis defends his 2006 Olympic title with another gold, while teammate Chad Hedrick skates to bronze in Men’s Long Track Speed Skating. And then, the American men faced off in Snowboard Halfpipe. Did they pull a double medal stunner like their teammates?

You betcha.

Welcome to the big show.

With four riders competing in the final, Team USA aimed for a podium sweep. Shaun White, Louie Vito, Scotty Lago and Gregory Bretz tricked their hearts out. Read the rest of this entry →

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Mar 2010

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Winter Olympics: Men’s Halfpipe Preview

Men's Halfpipe Snowboard event at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

If there is one event that just keeps getting bigger, better and more dangerous, Men’s Halfpipe has got to be it. Shaun White, the defending Olympic champion, is back for another gold. But don’t even think of calling him The Flying Tomato. That’s so 2006. Now you can call him “The Animal.”

“Lately I resemble the drummer from the Muppets so ‘The Animal’ has become my thing here,” he said.

Whatever you call him, he’s the heavy favorite and is coming into the competition with a big bag of new tricks.And with two other strong Americans in the field—Scotty Lago of Seabrook, N.H., and Louie Vito of Sandy, Utah—there’s even talk of a Team USA sweep. Read the rest of this entry →

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Mar 2010

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