Emotional Shaun White Ends Epic Career in Fifth Olympics

Emotional Shaun White Ends Epic Career in Fifth Olympics
Shaun White of Team United States performs a trick during the Men's Snowboard Halfpipe Final on day 7 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Genting Snow Park, in Zhangjiakou, China, on Feb. 11, 2022. Matthias Hangst/Getty Images
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Shaun White took his helmet off and waved to the cheering crowd following his third and final run of his Olympic career Friday, Feb. 11, at the Beijing Olympics; finishing fourth in the snowboarding half-pipe event at the Genting Snow Park.

The five-time Olympian has become synonymous with the sport and is considered the greatest of all time, during the rise in popularity of snowboarding in the last few decades.