Shaun White wins gold in men's halfpipe
February 17, 2010 | 8:16
pm
Defending Olympic gold medalist Shaun White easily won gold again Wednesday, scoring 48.4 points on the second run of the men's halfpipe finals to easily outdistance Peetu Piroinen of Finland.
Piroinen won the silver with a score of 45.0.
Lago won the bronze with a score of 42.8.
Louie Vito of "Dancing with the Stars" fame finished in fifth with a score of 39.4.
-- Houston Mitchell in Vancouver, Canada
CONGRATS!!!! GO SHAUN!!!
Posted by: Michael Rojas | February 17, 2010 at 08:23 PM
poor louie, i loved him :( good job shaun, though!!
Posted by: alli | February 17, 2010 at 08:25 PM
Its Obamas fault.
Posted by: Weiner | February 17, 2010 at 08:34 PM
Congrats Carrot Top... You're a much better snowboarder than comedian!
Posted by: Rabbi Jason Miller | February 17, 2010 at 08:37 PM
That is a picture of Louie Vito not Shawn White.
Posted by: timothy Flynn | February 17, 2010 at 08:48 PM
Good Going Shaun! You deserved it. (My mom loves this guy. She said he was so down to earth in his interviews, and was amazed by his boarding skills.)
so she's happy he took home the gold for the US
Posted by: Dee | February 17, 2010 at 08:51 PM
The picture is of Louie Vito on his O-Matic board. Shaun White rides a Burton board. Just wanted to let your journalist staff know.
Posted by: Boreder then before | February 17, 2010 at 09:14 PM
Shaun took gold. His coach kinda took a dump! Had to blog about it at orumai.com! Quite a performance, though!
Posted by: Orumai | February 17, 2010 at 09:48 PM
Yet again the Times spoils it before it airs on TV. Is there anyone that works for the Times who isn't a complete moron?
Posted by: Paul | February 17, 2010 at 09:57 PM
Will be great when Danny Davis is back to win against Shaun again
Posted by: Cindy | February 18, 2010 at 06:54 AM
OmG Way to go Shaun white! ((P.S. i am totally going to marry him someday!))
Posted by: devinni | February 18, 2010 at 08:48 AM