
Shaun White Confirms 2022 Beijing Olympics Will Be His Last Winter Games
While the Gold medalist pro-snowboarder won't be back for another Olympic competition, he says he definitely doesn't think he'll be leaving the sport "anytime soon."
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, THR STAFF
This really is it for Shaun White.
The three-time gold medalist made it clear that not only will the Beijing Games be his last Olympics, they’ll mark his final contest, too.
During a reflective, sometimes emotional news conference Saturday, not far from the halfpipe where he’ll take his last competitive ride, the 35-year-old said that, yes, he’ll be hanging ’em up for good after the medal round next week.
“In my mind, I’ve decided this will be my last competition,” he said.
It’s a decision that’s been building since a rough-and-tumble training stop in Austria in November. He was...