Shaun White knew it wasn't going to be easy. 'That's been this entire season, me just grinding it out, working for it.'
White fell late in his first run on a double McTwist 1260, a trick he invented more than a decade ago and has practiced thousands of times. He’d go on to land it in the final run, combining that with a double cork 1260 to lock in his spot.
In the first qualifier in December, he made mistakes on all three runs. At the next qualifier at Dew Tour, a binding broke during his run. Battling a lingering ankle injury, White pulled out of the final at the last qualifier at Mammoth Mountain in early January. White has since confirmed he had COVID over the holidays.
Those challenges won’t stop now, though the ones in the final are familiar to White. Just as four years ago, he enters this Olympic final as more of an underdog than a favorite.
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