"Watch the Winter Olympics" legend "Snowboard King" Sean White officially retired Walking off the field will be a new beginning

Having competed in the Winter Olympics five times and won three times at the men's U-track skills race on snowboarding, 35-year-old Sean White is one of the best snowboarders in the world, starting his career in 2003 and now he has come a journey of nearly 19 years. On February 11, the seventh competition day of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the men's U-shaped track skills final of snowboarding attracted much attention, and Sean White will officially retire after this game.

Sean White has a lot of labels on his body, including musician, actor, skateboarder, skier. Congenital heart deformities did not prevent White from pursuing skiing, and at the age of 17 he rose to prominence and became a world champion at the age of 18. At the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in 2018, White had become the first snowboard triple in the history of the Winter Olympics, during which he also experienced retirement, comeback, crossover, comeback and so on, and returned to the field he was still the world champion.

At this Winter Olympics, under the impact of a younger generation of snowboarders led by Hirano Bumon and others, White ventured into the qualifiers. However, he is happy to be in such a situation, off the field, his help and guidance to the younger generation of snowboarders has long become another of his mission. After a big wave, only 12 players were left to participate in the final, and the final was three rounds, and Sean White came in ninth place. In the first round of the final, Sean White scored 72.00 points, temporarily fourth, you know, there are still three title contenders behind him who have not appeared, this score is not too competitive. But all the players made mistakes, especially Hirano Bumon, who came out in the finale, only scored 33.75 points, and after the first round of action, the American Taylor Gold was at the top of the list, and Sean White was still in fourth place.

In the second round of the final, Sean White completed very steadily, with no obvious problems in 5 difficult moves, and finally he scored 85 points and moved up to second place, one step closer to the podium. But soon, Australia's Scotty James perfectly performed a difficult action, scoring 92.50 points and rushing to the first place, while the finale of Japan's Hirano Bumon played equally well, 91.75 in second place, so that Sean White fell out of the top three again.

In the final jump, in order to stand on the podium, Sean White must spell out a high difficulty, at least more than the Swiss player Schererer's 87.25 points, which is not small. However, White's third jump fell to the ground and fell wrong, and he did not make it to the podium. Sean White accepted the ending, and after taking off his helmet, the hero was already in tears, and the audience and athletes stood up to give Sean White a respectful applause. As he said in a previous interview, he will not leave skiing after retiring from the army, and will continue to guide the career of the younger generation. "Just because I don't play doesn't mean I can't play in the next Olympics, walking off the field will be a new beginning and I'll be an important part of the sport with all my friends."

Lou Ying, special correspondent of the Beijing Winter Olympics, was sent by Yun Bao