Shaun White (USA) during the finals of the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Shaun White (United States) during the finals of the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Taku Hiraoka (Japan) during the finals of the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Taku Hiraoka (Japan) during the finals of the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Iouri Podladtchikov (Switzerland) during the finals of the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Iouri Podladtchikov (Switzerland) during the finals of the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Iouri Podladtchikov (Switzerland), right, winner of the gold medal in the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, during the flower ceremony.

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Shaun White (USA) during the finals of the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Iouri Podladtchikov (Switzerland) during the finals of the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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From left: Iouri Podladtchikov (Switzerland) and Shaun White (USA) during the finals of the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Shaun White (USA) during the finals of the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Iouri Podladtchikov (Switzerland), winner of the gold medal in the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, celebrates victory with his parents: father George and mother Valentina, during the flower ceremony.

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Iouri Podladtchikov (Switzerland) during the finals of the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Medalists in the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi during the flower ceremony, from left: silver medalist Ayumu Hirano (Japan); gold medalist Iouri Podlatdchikov (Switzerland); bronze medalist Taku Hiraoka (Japan).

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Medalists in the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi during the flower ceremony, from left: gold medalist Iouri Podlatdchikov (Switzerland); silver medalist Ayumu Hirano (Japan); bronze medalist Taku Hiraoka (Japan).

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Jake Burton, the founder of Burton Snowboards, after the finals of the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Shaun White (USA) after the finals of the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Japanese fans after the finals of the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Medalists in the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi during the flower ceremony, from left: gold medalist Iouri Podlatdchikov (Switzerland); silver medalist Ayumu Hirano (Japan); bronze medalist Taku Hiraoka (Japan).

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Medalists in the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi during the flower ceremony, from left: silver medalist Ayumu Hirano (Japan); bronze medalist Taku Hiraoka (Japan).

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Shaun White (USA) after the finals of the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Shaun White (USA) during the finals of the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Shaun White (USA) on the phone screen after the finals of the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Iouri Podladtchikov (Switzerland), winner of the gold medal in the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, celebrates victory with his mother during the flower ceremony.

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Iouri Podladtchikov (Switzerland), winner of the gold medal in the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, during the flower ceremony.

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Iouri Podladtchikov (Switzerland), winner of the gold medal in the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, with his parents during the flower ceremony.

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Iouri Podladchikov (Switzerland), winner of the gold medal in the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, during the flower ceremony.

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Iouri Podladtchikov (Switzerland), who won a gold medal in the men's halfpipe in snowboarding at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, celebrates victory with his parents: his father George and his mother Valentina during the flower ceremony.

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Iouri Podladtchikov (Switzerland), who won a gold medal in the men's halfpipe in snowboarding at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, celebrates after the flower ceremony.

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Iouri Podladtchikov (Switzerland), who won a gold medal in the men's halfpipe in snowboarding at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, celebrates victory with his parents: father George and mother Valentina during the flower ceremony.

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Iouri Podladtchikov (Switzerland), winner of the gold medal in the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, with his parents during the flower ceremony.

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Shaun White (USA) after the finals of the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Iouri Podladtchikov (Switzerland), winner of the gold medal in the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, during the flower ceremony.

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Iouri Podladtchikov (Switzerland), winner of the gold medal in the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, celebrates victory with his parents during the flower ceremony.

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Iouri Podladtchikov (Switzerland), winner of the gold medal in the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, during the flower ceremony.

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Iouri Podladtchikov (Switzerland), winner of the gold medal in the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, during the flower ceremony.

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Iouri Podladtchikov (Switzerland), winner of the gold medal in the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, during the flower ceremony.

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Shaun White (USA) during the finals of the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Iouri Podladtchikov (Switzerland), winner of the gold medal in the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, during the flower ceremony.

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Medalists in the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi during the flower ceremony, from left: gold medalist Iouri Podladtchikov (Switzerland); silver medalist Ayumu Hirano (Japan); bronze medalist Taku Hiraoka (Japan).

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Medalists in the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi during the flower ceremony, from left: silver medalist Ayumi Hirano (Japan); gold medalist Yuri Podladchikov (Switzerland); bronze medalist Taku Hiraoka (Japan).

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A Japanese sports fan after the finals of the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Medalists in the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi during the flower ceremony, from left: silver medalist Ayumi Hirano (Japan) and bronze medalist Taku Hiraoka (Japan).

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Yuri Podladchikov, Switzerland, winner of the gold medal in the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, during the flower ceremony.

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Iouri Podladtchikov (Switzerland), winner of the gold medal in the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, during the flower ceremony.

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Iouri Podladtchikov (Switzerland), winner of the gold medal in the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, during the flower ceremony.

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Iouri Podladtchikov (Switzerland), winner of the gold medal in the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, during the flower ceremony.

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Iouri Podladtchikov (Switzerland) winner of the gold medal in the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, during the flower ceremony.

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Medalists in the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi during the flower ceremony, from left: silver medalist Ayumi Hirano (Japan); gold medalist Iouri Podladtchikov (Switzerland); bronze medalist Taku Hiraoka (Japan).

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Iouri Podladchikov (Switzerland) during the finals of the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Shaun White (US) during the finals of the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Shaun White (US) during the finals of the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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From left, foreground: Taku Hiraoka (Japan) and Ayumu Hirano (Japan) during the finals of the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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From left: Iouri Podladchikov (Switzerland) and Shaun White (US) during the finals of the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Iouri Podladchikov (Switzerland) during the finals of the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Ayumu Hirano (Japan) during the finals of the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Ayumu Hirano (Japan) during the finals of the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Iouri Podladchikov (Switzerland), left, and Shaun White (US) during the finals of the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Iouri Podladchikov (Switzerland) and Taku Hiraoka (Japan) during the finals of the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Shaun White (US) during the finals of the men’s halfpipe at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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