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Shaun White sets record at X-Games
Final day of competition in Aspen
Posted: 01/28/2013
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ASPEN -
Shaun White made this one look rather easy as he cruised to his sixth straight snowboard superpipe crown at Winter X on Sunday night.
His top rival, Iouri Podladtchikov, dropped out because of an illness. Instead, White's biggest challenger was 14-year-old Ayumu Hirano, who became the youngest athlete ever to medal at Winter X when he took silver. Hirano, of Japan, just might be the future of snowboarding -- once White relinquishes control, of course. Markus Malin of Finland was third.
These days, White's biggest competition may just be, well, from himself. And even his own performances are getting more and more difficult to top. Last year, White earned a perfect 100 on his final run. He tried the same basic series of tricks this time and scored only 98.
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