BREAKING: Shaun White ends Olympic career off the podium
"It was very sad and a surreal moment but really joyous as well," he said of the decision to retire.White scored an 85.00 on his second of three runs, just 2.25 points shy of the bronze medal. But the American fell on his final run, ending his hopes for a fourth gold medal and capping his Olympic career.
White is one of the most decorated snowboarders in history, a five-time Olympian and a three-time gold medalist.White finished just off the podium in 2014 but rebounded in 2018 to capture the gold medal. With the win in Pyeonchang, White became the first snowboarder to win three Olympic gold medals.Japan's Ayumu Hirano, a two-time Olympic silver medalist, won the gold medal with a 96.00 on the final run of the competition.
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