Shaun White’s Olympic career came to a close Thursday without what would have been a history-making fourth medal, but his impact on snowboarding will long outlast the 16-year journey to his fifth and final Winter Games.
“Im proud to have affected that generation," White said."People keep asking me what my legacy in this sport is and I think you saw it today. I think it's Ayumu and Scotty and these amazing competitors putting down dream runs, and I’m proud to have affected them and Im hoping to cheer them on from here on out.”
Over the next 16 years, White consistently broke records and defied laws of gravity. But at 35 years old, the three-time Olympic gold medalist was almost double the age of some of the riders this time around. The tricks get harder with age and, as the competition advances, so do the tricks young athletes attempt to complete. Hirano, for example, had just become the first athlete to ever complete a triple cork --Younger snowboarders acknowledge that it is because of White that those moves can be attempted.
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