The Flying Tomato Sees No Shiny Win

          Shaun White did not finish clean and win the gold this time in the 2014 Winter Olympics held at Sochi, Russia. Before the Olympics started, he was enrolled in two events. He was enrolled in the Halfpipe, like always, and the new event of Slopestyle. Shaun White dropped out of the Slopestyle which was held on February 9th because he wanted to focus on his main event which was Halfpipe. He dropped out of the Slopestyle also because while practicing a few days prior, he had fallen and hurt his wrist and already had a hurt ankle. He thought it was too dangerous and too risky to be going down an exposed mountain before he was supposed to be competing in the Halfpipe.
        The Halfpipe he competed in was held on February 11th. Shaun White surprisingly did not place in this event. Everyone was shocked because he was going to receive his third gold medal in the event which would have been the first time in history that anyone got three gold medals in the Winter Olympics. Shaun White placed fourth. He did not receive any metals this time.
        Shaun White, also known as the "flying tomato", had a sloppy run during the Halfpipe event. His tricks were amazing and the most difficult compared to everyone else. Most of his landings were ugly and he could not land his tricks for some reason. During the landing of one of his tricks, he landed on the side of the ramp looking as if his board almost snapped in  half. People have said that the bottom of the Halfpipe ramp was all slush and not hardened snow, which could have been one reason for his sloppiness.
        Shaun Whites biggest competitions were from Switzerland and Japan. The Gold was won by Iouri Podladtchikov from Switzerland. The Silver was won by Ayumu Hirano from Japan and Bronze was won by Taku Hiraoka also from Japan.
        Everyone knows Shaun White as one of the greatest snowboarders of all time, hopefully during the next Winter Olympics he will win gold and be the first person to win three golds in the Winter Olympics ever. Shaun White still holds the highest score for the men's Halfpipe since the Winter Olympics in 2006, even though he did not end up placing this year. He is still the best in people's eyes.