Winter Games 2018: Shaun White wins gold in men's halfpipe at Olympics
Shaun White displayed an epic final run to claim his third gold medal in Olympic men's halfpipe and posted a score of 97.75 for the 100th overall gold by the United States in the Winter Games. He edged out Japan's Ayumu Hirano whose 95.25 score was the one to beat. He took home silver.
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White is the first American male to win gold at three separate Winter Olympics.
Meanwhile, American alpine skiing star Mikaela Shiffrin was looking for her first gold medal in the women's slalom. She won four years ago in Sochi. However, winds caused a delay in that competition which you can watch in primetime Thursday.
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Read our Olympic updates as they happened below (all times Eastern):
2:23 a.m.: Medal count
Shaun White's gold for the U.S. -- the 100th gold medal ever in the U.S. in the Winter Olympics -- put the U.S. at seven medals so far. Norway leads with 11 medals, with the Netherlands and Canada both at 10.
Here is the medal count on Wednesday via CBSSports.com's Medal Tracker:
12:23 a.m.: Chinese pair skaters lead after short program
Chinese pair skaters Sui Wenjing and Han Cong were in the lead after the short program, leading Russian skaters Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov by less than a point. Sui and Han scored a season-best 82.39 points, while Tarasova and Morozov scored 81.68 points.
Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford of Canada were in third place with 76.82 points.
10:20 p.m.: Athletes, USA Baseball, congratulate Shaun White
Let’s go @shaunwhite !!! Way to go man!! Nothing like a good comeback right?? Redemption always feels great!! #usa #OlympicGames2018
— Michael Phelps (@MichaelPhelps) February 14, 2018
You are a legend @shaunwhite #3 is so very sweet! Huge congrats! And to @jjthomas_ #pyeongchangOlympics2018 pic.twitter.com/9Bx4vJpoF7
— Summer Sanders (@SummerSanders_) February 14, 2018
That pure emotion from @shaunwhite. That’s what it’s all about. So awesome.
— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) February 14, 2018
SPOLIER ALERT: congrats to @shaunwhite on a most legendary performance.
— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) February 14, 2018
I know how much it meant to you and how hard you worked for that last run.
We are all incredibly proud. 🥇🥇🥇
ONE. HUNDRED. #TeamUSA
— USA Baseball (@USABaseball) February 14, 2018
Congrats to @shaunwhite on claiming his third #gold and No. 💯 for @TeamUSA in the #WinterOlympics! #BestOfUS pic.twitter.com/KcobPHb0om
#Gold medal No. 100 belongs to @shaunwhite. #GoTeamUSA
— U.S. Olympic Team (@TeamUSA) February 14, 2018
➡️ https://t.co/bAtBFSTVeb pic.twitter.com/zOmbeW1O87
10:03 p.m.: Shaun White earns gold medal with dramatic final run; 100th gold medal for Team USA of all time
White, age 31, scored a 97.75 in his third run in the men's snowboarding halfpipe competition. His final run included back-to-back 1440s and back-to-back 1260s.
RED, Shaun WHITE & BLUE! 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 Congrats, @shaunwhite!!
— U.S. Olympic Team (@TeamUSA) February 14, 2018
Sign your name to congratulate the 3x CHAMP ➡️ https://t.co/2Rucy6tTNs pic.twitter.com/oQK3s30WLt
This will be his third gold medal and Team USA's 100th gold medal of all time in the Winter Olympics.
.@shaunwhite takes 🏠 a #legendary THIRD #snowboard halfpipe #GOLD ! 🇺🇸 #GoTeamUSA
— U.S. Olympic Team (@TeamUSA) February 14, 2018
How fitting that it’s also #TeamUSA’s 💯 gold… pic.twitter.com/98vrFlgo9z
.@shaunwhite becomes the first snowboarder to win three #gold medals at the #WinterOlympics! pic.twitter.com/m5oRABRSqf
— U.S. Olympic Team (@TeamUSA) February 14, 2018
10:02 p.m.: Shaun White runs impressive third run
White could be in gold territory pending final score.
9:55 p.m.: Final run in men's snowboarding halfpipe
Japan's Ayumu Hirano at top in the standings going into the third and final run.
9:46 p.m.: Women's slalom postponed to Thursday night
Winds have prompted officials to postpone women's slalom to Thursday (Friday in South Korea).
Ahhh, dang. Due to wind, the women’s slalom is postponed to Friday. #olympics pic.twitter.com/IYHRE4Ry7m
— U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team (@usskiteam) February 14, 2018
9:45 p.m.: USA's men's curling defeats Korea
Team USA beats Korea 11-7.
#TeamUSA kicks off men’s #curling with a 11-7 win against KOR! pic.twitter.com/JCjsa7e2ZE
— U.S. Olympic Team (@TeamUSA) February 14, 2018
9:32 p.m.: White falls out of gold medal position in 2nd run
Run 2 score was 55 after he took a spill in the halfpipe.
9:27 p.m.: New leader in the men's halfpipe 2nd run
Japan's Ayumu Hirano scored 95.25 in his second run in the halfpipe, edging out White.
Back-to-back 1440s from Ayumu Hirano gave him the lead in men's snowboard halfpipe in Run 2. #WinterOlympics https://t.co/r5PfUbwsFZ pic.twitter.com/NyYWHWfPXo
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 14, 2018
8:55 p.m.: Shaun White at top of leaderboard in first run
White scores a 94.25 for his first run during the men's snowboarding halfpipe.
👉 94.25
— U.S. Olympic Team (@TeamUSA) February 14, 2018
We'll just leave this right here... pic.twitter.com/WoqpaTVuCG
8:54 p.m.: Medal count so far
Here are standings Tuesday night courtesy of CBS Sports.
Norway leads with a total of 11 medals, while Canada and Netherlands tied with 10.
USA has three gold medals while Germany leads with five.
8:37 p.m.: Men's snowboarding halfpipe finals underway
Will Shaun White find gold? Team USA writes #GoGetEmBoys
ALL 4️⃣ #TeamUSA men’s halfpipe Olympians compete in the finals tonight at 8:30p ET! #GoGetEmBoys! pic.twitter.com/BClW8qwDTM
— U.S. Olympic Team (@TeamUSA) February 14, 2018
The men's snowboard halfpipe begins NOW on @nbc! Will @shaunwhite achieve redemption? #WinterOlympics #BestOfUS
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 14, 2018
Stream here: https://t.co/r5PfUbeROr pic.twitter.com/tKlGdmPHvR