Shaun White Pulls Out of Olympic Slopestyle

USA athlete will still compete in Sochi games

ByABC News
February 5, 2014, 7:20 AM
Shaun White during the Men's Snowboarding Slopestyle Final U.S. Olympic Qualification #3 at the 2014 Sprint U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix, Jan. 16, 2014 in Mammoth, Calif.
Shaun White during the Men's Snowboarding Slopestyle Final U.S. Olympic Qualification #3 at the 2014 Sprint U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix, Jan. 16, 2014 in Mammoth, Calif.
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— -- Shaun White has decided to forego the slopestyle event in the upcoming Winter Olympics, he announced this morning.

He told the Today Show that he will still compete in the Sochi games, and that he's focused on winning a gold medal in the halfpipe.

White injured his wrist during a fall Tuesday.

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