The Beijing Winter Olympics continue, and various ice and snow events have attracted the attention of netizens around the world. Three-time U.S. Winter Olympic gold medalist Sean White also competed in the Beijing Winter Olympics, the fifth Winter Olympics he has participated in in his career, and he announced an important event on his personal social media. Triple Crown of the Winter Olympics! A tribute to the snowboarding legend, Sean White: Retired after the Beijing Winter Olympics!
As a snowboarding legend, Sean White announced that he officially retired after the Beijing Winter Olympics, "The Beijing Winter Olympics are very special to me, this will be my last competition! ”
This news immediately caused quite a stir, if you usually do not pay much attention to ice and snow events, perhaps everyone is not familiar with Sean White. However, his achievements and influence in ice and snow events are completely comparable to that of track and field athlete Bolt, which shows that this is indeed a very great sports superstar.
Counting the Beijing Olympic Games, Sean White has participated in a total of five Winter Olympic Games in his career. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Sean White won the gold medal in the U-shaped pool for snowboarding. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Sean White achieved two consecutive snowboard U-pool titles and won his second winter Olympic gold medal of his career.
At the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, Sean White competed in the two events of the snowboard U-shaped pool and the snowboard slope type, but he only finished 4th in the snowboard U-shaped pool and withdrew directly from the snowboard slope event because he questioned the safety of the snowboard slope project at the Sochi Winter Olympics.
At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Sean White won the men's U-pool title in snowboarding again, winning his third Winter Olympic gold medal of his career, achieving the Triple Olympic Victory. At this Beijing Winter Olympics, Sean White once again launched an attack on the Winter Olympic gold medal, which also made everyone look forward to his performance on the field.
In addition to participating in five Winter Olympics, Sean White has performed well at the World Extreme Games. At present, the total number of medals and gold medals recorded at the World Extreme Games are created by Sean White, and he has won a total of 18 extreme games medals in the snowboarding event, which are 13 gold medals + 3 silver medals + 2 bronze medals.
At the same time, Sean White has won many world sports awards, including the Laureus World Sports Award for Best Extreme Athlete, Best Men's Olympic Athlete, Outstanding Sports Performance of the Year award and Winter Extreme Athlete Award, such a powerful dominance is truly breathtaking!
Now that Sean White is about to turn 36, it is also a dream come true for the snowboarding legend to participate in the fifth Winter Olympics of his career before retiring. Finally, I salute the legend of snowboarding, I wish Shaun White good results in this Beijing Winter Olympics, and every athlete who chases his dream deserves everyone's praise!