Shaun White’s awesome performance must be caught in a video somewhere. Yep, I am particularly looking for the video of Shaun’s double mctwist 1260, that one that got him 48.4 points – a record he set for men’s Olympic halfpipe.

This is history for the 23-year old American, who added another gold medal to his very rich collection of gold medals from Winter X Games.

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Shaun White wins his second Olympic gold in halfpipe today at Cypress Mountain for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. He holds the record for the highest score in the men’s halfpipe at the Winter Olympics. In 2006, his 46.8 points surpassed previous record of 46.1 set by Ross Powers from 2002. In 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, he improved further his very own record with 48.4 points in his second run.

There were talks of possible stiff rivals before the competition. There was Peetu Piiroinen from Finland, Iouri “iPod” Podladtchikov fromm Switzerland, and Scott Lago and Louie Vito from the US. But they were all nowhere near White in the performance.

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