Skateboarding Olympics Shaun White

And it has nothing to do with the halfpipe.

Skateboarding olympics shaun white. It is well known that legends never die after all. The three time snowboarding champion told the associated press that he is taking skateboarding off his plate and won t try to qualify for that sport s olympic debut later this year in tokyo. The next olympics are still a year away and already shaun white is thinking about the games after that. The three time olympic snowboard champion has been focused solely on the event ever since.

Shaun white of the usa was on a quest to win his third olympic gold at the winter games in pyeongchang. This will be the deciding event white said after advancing out of qualifying thursday in a sportv video interview. Shaun white finished 13th at the world skateboarding championships park event in sao paulo on saturday. And who knows maybe even try to defend his title in beijing in 2022 where he will be just 35.

Now he will decide if that was a strong enough showing to continue his tokyo olympic bid. The world s best known snowboarder tells the associated press he s exploring competing at the tokyo summer olympics in skateboarding which will be added to the program for 2020. Shaun white is sticking to the surface he knows best. The three time olympic gold medalist in snowboarding won t attempt to qualify for this summer s tokyo olympics in skateboarding.

The judges at the snowboard halfpipe were looking for. Shaun white the first ever three time olympic snowboarding champion is the icon of his sport and his ambition is now to return to the summer games in 2020 on his skateboard. Shaun white only has snow on his mind. The 33 year old told the associated press on saturday that he does not play on trying to qualify for the skateboarding event in this year s olympics in tokyo.

White announced his sport swap to skateboard in july 2018.