In the early morning of January 16, 2022 Beijing time, the 2021-2022 FIS Snowboard U-Field World Cup Lex Station competition came to an end, in the men's competition, the two-time Winter Olympic runner-up, Japan's Hirano Bumeng won the championship with 93.25 points in the first jump, Switzerland's Scherere Young and American legend Sean White won silver and bronze medals. Among them, with this third place and previous results, Sean White confirmed the qualification for the Beijing Winter Olympics, and "Flying Tomatoes" will appear on the stage of the Winter Olympics for the fifth time.
Hirano won the championship, and Sean White (first from right) won the third place in the xinhua news agency
In May 2021, the U.S. SnowboardIng National Team announced the list of players called up for the 2021-2022 season, and Sean White was on the list. This means that Shaun White, who once announced his retirement and did not participate in the ITU snowboarding event again for three seasons after the stunning victory at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, finally could not put down snowboarding, regained snowboarding last year, and decided to chase his fifth Winter Olympic trip.
This season, Sean White finished 8th in the U-Shaped Snowboard U-Track at the Copper Mountain World Cup in the United States in December, with a disappointing result. In the subsequent New Tour, which competed in commercial events and was also an American team audition, Sean White finished 7th and second among the American skaters. Although it was clear at the New Tour that Sean White was still not in good competitive shape, it seemed that he would not have a difficult time grabbing a ticket to the Winter Olympics from the ranking of the Us team.
At the Mammoth Hill race in the United States earlier this month, Sean White, who previously announced that he was infected with the new crown, although he still competed smoothly in the last minute, after entering the final stage, he was still affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and he was unwell and chose to withdraw from the competition, and finally finished 12th.
In this tournament, Sean White made a comeback, and he finished 4th in the qualifiers to reach the final, and finished third in the final with 84.00 points. After the game, Sean White said in an interview with Xinhua News Agency: "For such a long time, the whole world has been in the haze of the epidemic, fortunately we still have the Olympic Games, which is a great thing." I'm lucky that covid-19 didn't affect me for long. Now I'm feeling much better, though not at my best. If I could have had more time to train and prepare, maybe today I could win the championship. But then, it's the Winter Olympics. I love Beijing and China very much and look forward to the upcoming Winter Olympics. I hope I can stay healthy during this time and meet you in Beijing. ”
Source Beijing News Sports | Reporter Deng Fangjia
Edited by Deng Fangjia
Process Editor Wu Yue