Sean White has made the Americans proud by winning the gold medal in the Mens Snowboarding Halfpipe event in the winter Olympics which are currently taking place in the province of British Columbia in Canada. Sean White dazzled the audience when he ended his first run with a score so great that he was already guaranteed Gold. Regardless, he still felt it necessary to make the second run which he concluded with a staggering 1260 double McTwist. The results for the two runs were 46.8 and 48.4 for the first and second runs respectively. The silver medalist finished on an even 45.0 putting him roughly three and a half points behind white.
Sean White came in first place in the qualifying round securing his position in the finals while his fellow countryman Louie came in third position. The qualifying rounds which were being held at the Cypress Mountain venue saw two Americans qualify in the leading position.
The rules for the Halfpipe event for the winter Olympics dictate that the first three qualifiers don’t need to appear in the semi-finals, they get sent straight to the finals. So this means that it is smooth sailing for Sean White and Louie who came comfortably within the first three positions.
Sean White was born on the third of September in the year 1986 in the city of San Diego in southern California. This medal will take his total number of Gold medals to two, the first one which came in the year 2006 in Torino.
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