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Shaun White misses podium in final Olympics as Japan's Ayumu Hirano puts down historic run

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(BEIJING) — Legendary snowboarder Shaun White came up short in his bid to win his fourth overall and second straight gold medal in the halfpipe. He settled for fourth place in what he said will be his fifth and final Olympics.

Japan’s Ayumu Hirano won the gold, while Australian Scotty James earned silver and Switzerland’s Jan Scherrer took bronze.

The final results looked like they would be filled with controversy until the last run by Hirano.

Hirano landed a picture-perfect triple cork 1440 in his second run, a trick that no one has ever landed in a clean competition run,

 

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