{"id":1108157,"date":"2020-03-02T10:48:32","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T15:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1108157"},"modified":"2020-03-02T10:48:33","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T15:48:33","slug":"will-shaun-white-compete-at-the-2020-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/will-shaun-white-compete-at-the-2020-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Shaun White Compete at the 2020 Olympics?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/shaun-white-steps-back-from-snowboarding-to-make-a-2020-olympics-bid\/\">Shaun White<\/a> has built an X Games empire that\u2019s made him a millionaire thanks to his exploits in snowboarding and skateboarding. His resume is full of athletic accomplishments including three gold medals in the Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With\nthe 2020 Olympics quickly approaching, his many fans have been anticipating the\ndecision on whether White will pursue his first Summer Games medals by entering\nthe skateboarding competition in Tokyo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shaun White lays out his plan for the Olympics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shaun White On Aiming For 2020 Olympics As A Skateboarder | TODAY\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O1T5h-j2KJU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>X Games star <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/shaun-whites-net-worth-and-how-many-medals-he-won\/\">Shaun White<\/a> revealed over the weekend that he is going to pass up the chance to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics, where men\u2019s and women\u2019s skateboarding will be one of <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/here-are-the-newest-sports-at-the-2020-summer-olympics\/\">five new sports<\/a> added to the menu of basketball, track and field, swimming, gymnastics, and the other traditional competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tokyo will hold events in street and park skateboarding. Street skateboarding\nevents are set up with stairs, curbs, handrails, and slopes on a course. Park events\nare held in dome-shaped bowls with halfpipes, quarterpipes, and vertical\ninclines from which competitors can generate speed while moving between maneuvers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>White, 33, told <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/48aa04be7bd1871e171802285a838754\">The Associated Press<\/a> that he will remain focused on snowboarding, which has been the source of his most significant victories. When he does compete in skateboarding, he does best <g class=\"gr_ gr_4 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"4\" data-gr-id=\"4\">in park<\/g> contests, which are comparable to snowboarding halfpipe events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>White scoped out the list of contenders for berths to represent\nthe United States and determined that preparing to take them on would consume\ntime that would be better spent on snowboarding rather than attempting to\nbecome one of the rare athletes to compete in both the quadrennial summer and\nwinter competitions conducted by the International Olympic Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>White has not yet committed to trying to qualify for the 2022\nWinter Olympics in Beijing but said, \u201cIt doesn\u2019t feel too far-fetched\nfor me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shaun White\u2019s Olympic resume is impressive<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shaun White on Having Same Heart Condition as Jimmy Kimmel&#039;s Baby\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9ffKBhMacLo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>White has participated in four Winter Olympics. He won gold medals\nin the snowboarding halfpipe competition in 2006 in Torino, Italy, after almost\nbombing out of the competition after his first run; in 2010 at Vancouver, where\nhe wrapped up the title without even having to take a second run in the finals;\nand in 2018 at Pyeongchang, South Korea, despite a mishap during training in\nNew Zealand that left him with 62 stitches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He placed fourth in the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/10-u-s-states-sending-the-most-athletes-to-the-sochi-olympics-2\/\">2014 Olympics<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>White\u2019s gold medal in 2018 was the 100<sup>th<\/sup>\nearned by the United States team in the history of the Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>White holds the record for the most <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/who-and-what-to-watch-at-the-2019-x-games\/\">X Games<\/a> gold medals by a snowboarder, which has translated into 10 ESPY Awards. He has accumulated 13 gold, 3 silver, and 2 bronze medals at the Winter X Games since 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shaun White has built an X Games empire<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shaun White reacts to 3rd Olympic gold\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1huD-o3abV8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Shaun White has leveraged his success in snowboarding and skateboarding into a business empire that has made him a millionaire. He has expanded from product endorsements and video games to real estate holdings. His net worth has been estimated at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celebritynetworth.com\/richest-athletes\/olympians\/shaun-white-net-worth\/\ufeff\">$60 million<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>White\nreleased his first snowboarding video game in 2008 and signed a long-term deal\nwith Burton Snowboards the following year. He\u2019s also worked endorsement deals\nwith Target, Oakley, Red Bull, and Hewlett-Packard that reportedly generate $10\nmillion a year in income.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shaun White already has three gold medals in WInter Olympics snowboarding competition and has made a decision on whether to take a run at skateboarding this summer in Tokyo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":1108160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4898],"tags":[11071,11072],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Will Shaun White Compete at the 2020 Olympics? - Sports7<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Shaun White already has earned three gold medals in WInter Olympics snowboarding competition and has made a decision on whether to take a run at skateboarding this summer in Tokyo.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/will-shaun-white-compete-at-the-2020-olympics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Will Shaun White Compete at the 2020 Olympics?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Shaun White already has earned three gold medals in WInter Olympics snowboarding competition and has made a decision on whether to take a run at skateboarding this summer in Tokyo.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/will-shaun-white-compete-at-the-2020-olympics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sports7\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-02T15:48:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-03-02T15:48:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Shaun-White.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John Moriello\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Sports7J\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"John Moriello\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/will-shaun-white-compete-at-the-2020-olympics\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/will-shaun-white-compete-at-the-2020-olympics\/\",\"name\":\"Will Shaun White Compete at the 2020 Olympics? 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