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Snowboarder Shaun White Withdraws From Slopestyle Event
The sport's biggest star will stilSnowboarder Shaun White has announced that he is dropping out of the slopestyle event at the Sochi Olympics. The event is scheduled to start Thursday. White will still compete in halfpipe, his usual sport, but he says Sochi's slopestyle course, with its larger-than-usual jumps, is too risky for him.
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White is the master at the half-pipe so it makes perfect sense that he wants to be 100% sure he can compete in it and defend his Olympic title.