Wednesday, February 05, 2014

At the age of 27, has Shaun White reached the high point of his career?

Shaun White (click here) created one of the most memorable moments in the 2010 Olympics Wednesday when he topped his own Gold Medal run down the halfpipe with a victory lap that put an exclamation point on the snowboarder's win.

In 2010, Shaun White topped his own record. Can he do it again? The pressure is on and he is older and wiser.

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — Shaun White's quest (click here) for two golds in one Olympics ended Wednesday.

Less than 24 hours before he was slated to compete here, the American snowboarder announced on NBC's TODAY that he would not compete in slopestyle as he had previously planned. The two-time defending gold medalist in the halfpipe, White is seeking to become the first American man to win an event in three consecutive Winter Olympics.

"After much deliberation with my team, I have made the decision to focus solely on trying to bring home the third straight gold medal in halfpipe for Team USA," White said in a statement shared exclusively with TODAY. "The difficult decision to forego slopestyle is not one I take lightly as I know how much effort everyone has put into holding the slopestyle event for the first time in Olympic history, a history I had planned on being a part being a part of."...