Sean White announced his retirement, and a generation of legends ended. At the age of 35, he won five Winter Olympics and three Olympic gold medals. No words can fill this moment more than tears. Sean White left the stadium under the attention of the players, and Sean White announced his retirement, ending a generation of legends.
Sean White announced his retirement, and the legend of a generation ended. 1 There are two kinds of snowboarders, one is called the athlete, and the other is called shaun white-the latter belongs only to the greatest name in the history of this project. Yesterday, at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Sean bid farewell to his snowboarding for more than 20 years, and "Flying Tomato" retired.
Farewell to the performance, in Beijing
I won't go into details about Sean's legendary experience. He was diagnosed with congenital cardiovascular malformation, and there is a 90% chance that he will not live beyond 20 years old. As a result, he is 35 years old and still flying in the air. In addition to the three gold medals in the Winter Olympics, in the extreme sports circle, the trophies and medals he won may not fit in a cupboard. One of the wishes of many technical officials who come to serve the single board competition area this time is to get Sean's signature.
Prince Albert II, the Grand Duke of Monaco, attended the U-shaped venue qualifying competition for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics and specially came to Shawn, Idolated and Genting Ski Park. The prince was a sled athlete when he was young, but this did not prevent him from falling in love with the king of single boards who was more than 20 years younger than himself.
In fact, not many people expect Sean to win another Olympic gold medal. At his age, being able to appear in the Olympic Games has been a great success. At the first press conference of the American delegation, Sean announced on the spot that Beijing is his last Winter Olympics-Genting, and this will be his farewell performance place.
It is said to be a performance, but the competitive pressure on Sean is heavier than any previous competition. In qualifying, he made a mistake in the first jump and fell heavily on the snow. The audience outside watched in amazement as Sean lay there, letting himself slide down with the skis. But do you think that's it for Sean? No, in the second jump, he used the trump card of 1260 off-axis rotation and jumped to fourth place. A 35-year-old guy can still play ball in the air so wantonly that the audience below can only cheer and applaud him.
What you can't find is a scar.
Talent is always Sean's brightest label. But for the dream of single board, Sean paid a price that opponents and audiences never knew. He joked with himself: once at the airport border inspection, the security guard was very surprised to find the Olympic gold medal and the cash left in his bag. "You can imagine how exaggerated the expressions on their faces are," Sean said, "but what they can't find is my scar."
Sean suffered serious injuries to his knees and ankles several times and had surgery. He also had 62 stitches on his face because of the collision during training. He said that at that moment, he suddenly realized that shaun white was just an ordinary person. "I'm not too excited to win so many championships, but the moment I lost was particularly comfortable."
The last time Sean stood on the track was in the final of U-track. Hirano Ayumu, 23, and Ye Ping Haizhu, 20, compete with him, while Gooseli, an Australian, is under 17 years old. The first place slipped, and Sean, who ranked ninth, scored 72 points, ranking fourth. On the second slide, he chose 1440 to walk backwards 1080 to walk inside out 1260, and then walked outside out for two weeks 1260, and his score rose to 85. If this score is put on the first slide, it ranks first among 12 players. However, in this round, scottie of the Australian Open and Hirano Ayumu of the Japanese Open slipped 92.50 points and 9 1.75 points respectively, and Swiss player Jean also improved his score to 87.25 points. Sean's ranking has not changed. In the last jump, Sean failed when he jumped out for the third time to do the reverse foot 1440. Everyone present realized that Sean's performance was over. This time, he didn't come back.
Tears and be saluted
While waiting for the final score in the end zone, Sean took off his ski goggles and wiped his eyes.
Just like his colorful hair, at this moment, the cheers of the audience, the comfort of the opponent, and many emotions impact Sean's head. "I'm sorry to let you see me cry so ugly." But I'm not disappointed with the result. I tried to jump twice, but I didn't jump all the way. "
Sean revealed that he wanted to finish the last jump, but for some reason, his hind legs were a little hard. In fact, I feel this way every time I jump. "I don't know why. Maybe it's stress, maybe it's just fatigue. This is really challenging. But it doesn't matter, I'm over. "
Wiping away his tears, he didn't forget to congratulate his opponent. "I am happy that Hirano Ayumu won the gold medal, scottie won the silver medal and Jean won the bronze medal. I know how Scotty feels at the moment. He wanted a gold medal, but he saw Ye Ping smash this dream. For Ye Ping, it was a great game in his life. I am proud that he won the championship. "
Holding the gold medal, Hirano Ayumu's usually unsmiling face could not conceal his excitement. It's like a reincarnation. After the failure of Pyeongchang last time, Sean's magical scene in Beijing was copied. "I have been looking for the strength to challenge in Sean. The same is true this time. He is still pushing all athletes forward. "
Leave blank and help your dreams come true.
The competitive world of single board U-shaped venue now belongs to Ye Ping Brothers and a younger rising star. Sean, it's time to say goodbye. "You can't always get what you want, you will get what you need." He finally said, "Skiing, thank you. This is the love of my life. "
Of course, Beijing is not the real destination. Sean pointed to the words "white space" on the snowboard, which he and his brother created to provide services for more skiers. "I still have a lot of things to do, and now everything is just the beginning." He said that he would return to Beijing to help more young people in China realize their skiing dreams. "Snowboarding has developed rapidly in China. I hope I can come to China often after the Winter Olympics. "
Sean White announced his retirement, and the legend of the first generation ended. The last slip ended in failure. Sean White took off his helmet, slid down the snowy road, waved to everyone, and his eyes were full of tears.
Goodbye, Sean White.
35 years old, five Winter Olympics, three Olympic gold medals, no words can fill everything at this moment more than tears.
People live in this era, and there are always people who want to be the light that illuminates the way forward. They broke through the border and became the imagination of world life.
A 35-year-old veteran completed the last jump of his career. It turns out that since the doctor says that you can't live beyond 20 years old, you can become the king of the world's limits. Even if I break my head again and again for the difficulty, I can still watch myself bleed calmly. Even if you are on a cliff, you can still fly against the wind. The so-called hero is born for despair.
Leave the game again and again and return to the game again and again. Some love can only be seen clearly when it is lost, and only heat can resist the long years.
Time makes a person, and it can also defeat a person. Sean White is, so is Yuzuru Hanyu. In their world, the limit is never a boundary, but a broken goal.
One slipped down the snowy road, the other left the ice, and their turn seemed to announce the end of an era.
At the end of the game, Sean White left the field with the players watching. He made a gentleman's thank-you ceremony, just like an actor's curtain call. And those audiences are all children who grew up watching his game. It seems that he has fulfilled his mission. He said, "I left behind my long sports career and my beloved snowboarding, and I left behind my legacy."
Four years ago, the PyeongChang Winter Olympics was a duel between South Hirano Ayumu and Sean White. Both of them performed extremely difficult movements, which was Hirano Ayumu's perfect performance, and forced Sean White to take out an action that almost killed him in the last slip, making him a legend. The wheel of history is like this, only this time, in the U-shaped pool at Genting of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Hirano Ayumu recreated Sean White's rescue and completed the counterattack at the last jump.
The 35-year-old idol of Sean White Winter Olympics ended, and 17-year-old Ye Ping Bumeng appeared.
When Hirano Ayumu won, Sean White walked over and touched Ye Ping's head casually, just like ten years ago, the Japanese boy first met the great single board god.
I don't know if there is a little boy and a little girl in some corner of the world who saw such a fairy duel on TV and shouted loudly, Wow, this is really cool, the new Olympic dream is linked here, and the inheritance of sports continues in such a scene.
A generation will eventually grow old, and some people will always be young. Goodbye, Sean White, the king of the world.
Sean White announced his retirement, ending a generation of legends. In the men's U-track final of snowboarding in the Winter Olympics, the defending champion Sean White ranked fourth with 85 points in the final battle of his career, but unfortunately missed the podium. When introducing himself after the game, Sean White said for the first time that he was an "American single board retired athlete". With that, he breathed a sigh of relief and said that he felt good.
Snowboarding legend Sean White announced his withdrawal from the US team.
Sean White has many labels, including musician, actor, skateboarder and skier. Congenital heart malformation did not stop White from pursuing skiing. /kloc-emerged at the age of 0/7,/kloc-became a world champion at the age of 0/8. During the 20 18 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, White became the first snowboarding triple champion in the history of the Winter Olympics. During the period, I also experienced retirement, comeback, cross-border and comeback. Back in the game, still the world champion.
At this Winter Olympics, under the impact of the younger generation of snowboarders headed by Hirano Ayumu, White entered the qualifying round. However, he is very happy to be in such a situation. Outside the stadium, his help and guidance to the younger generation of single board players has already become another mission of him. After a rough ride, only 12 players participated in the final. In the last three rounds, Shawn White ranked ninth. In the first round final, Sean White temporarily ranked fourth with 72.00 points. You know, there are still three champions behind him, and this score is not very competitive. But after that, all the players made mistakes, especially Hirano Ayumu, who stood out in the final, scored only 33.75 points. After the first round, American Taylor King topped the list, while Sean White still ranked fourth.
In the second round of the final, Sean White finished very steadily, and there were no obvious problems in the five difficult moves. In the end, he scored 85 points, ranking second and one step closer to the podium. But soon, Australian scottie James performed the difficult movements perfectly, getting 92.50 points, and immediately rushed to the first place, while Japanese star Hirano Ayumu played equally well, ranking second with 9 1.75. As a result, Sean White fell out of the top three again.
In the final jump, in order to stand on the podium, Sean White had to spell out a very high difficulty, at least exceeding the score of 87.25 of Swiss player Scheler, which was not small. However, White made a mistake in the third jump and missed the podium. Sean White frankly accepted the ending. After taking off his helmet, the hero was in tears, and the audience and athletes at the scene stood up and gave Sean White sincere applause. As he said in an interview before, he will not leave skiing after retirement and will continue to guide the career of the younger generation. "Just because I don't take part in the competition doesn't mean I can't take part in the next Olympic Games. Walking off the court will be a new beginning. I will become an important part of this sport with all my friends. "