Shaun White Returns to Winter Olympics

Three-time gold medalist Shaun White has returned for his fifth and likely final Olympics looking to cement his legacy in a sport that became synonymous with his name 16 years ago. White will face an ever-younger crop of rivals when he drops into the snowboard halfpipe competition next Wednesday. In a post on Instagram, White shared that he had spent the past 29 years on a snowboard, 23 of them as a professional athlete, saying "I'm so proud that I helped grow and shape the sport into what it is today. I can’t wait to see where the next generation takes it." In recent years, the 35-year-old has suffered a number of injuries that have put an increasing strain on his body. He also recently recovered from a bout of COVID-19. At age 19, White earned his first gold at the 2006 Turin Games and has since become the world's most successful and prominent snowboarder after he won his third gold medal at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. Away from the halfpipe, White also recently launched a luxury snowboarding and lifestyle brand, WHITESPACE, which features a collaboration with the late Virgil Abloh of Louis Vuitton.