Snowboarder Shaun White recovered from a fall to comeback and qualify for the boys's halfpipe ultimate with a run that had followers on the sting of their seat.

The three-time Olympic gold medal winner—competing at his ultimate Winter video games—virtually missed out on the prospect to compete for a fourth after tumbling in his earlier run.

White's fall put him down in nineteenth place with a rating of 24.25. That put stress on the veteran snowboarder to attain a considerably stronger run.

And his 34-year-old's spectacular second run catapulted him into fourth place, with a rating of 86.25, serving to him safe a spot within the ultimate.

Video clips of the run have begun circulating on social media, together with through the Twitter accounts of Sports activities Middle and NBC Olympics, and have been watched greater than 200,000 instances mixed.

Chatting with NBC forward of his second run, White spoke in regards to the stress to carry out effectively. He was requested whether or not the stress was slightly bit completely different going into his ultimate run.

"I needed to preserve telling myself [I'm Shaun White] on the chairlift up," White joked.

"The Olympics, it would not get any larger. Every part was clicking and I believe I simply took that little lax strategy to that final hit and subsequent factor I knew I used to be sliding on my again considering what occurred.

"The way in which they've been operating at present my subsequent run could be an hour from then so I had plenty of time to kill and plenty of ideas operating by means of my head and plenty of stress.

"I'm so glad that I put that final run down, I'm feeling unimaginable and you have to battle for it if you wish to get into the finals and I did."

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Shaun White of Staff United States reacts through the Males's Snowboard Halfpipe Qualification on Day 5 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Video games at Genting Snow Park on February 09, 2022 in Zhangjiakou, China. Shaun White certified for the halfpipe ultimate after a fall in a earlier run. Patrick Smith/Getty Photos

White confirmed forward of the 2022 Video games that it might be his ultimate Olympics. However he's thought to harbor hopes of staying within the sport away from competitions.

"This has all had its wonderful glow to each single choice and each single competitors as a result of I've determined this will likely be my final Olympics," he mentioned throughout a press convention on Saturday.

"I've given it my all. There have been some ups and downs on the best way to get right here, however by means of all that, I really feel I've acquired stronger [and] gotten higher."

He added: "I've executed a lot on this sport. I hope that my using speaks for itself. I am all the time attempting to push and progress and do the following greatest issues and attempt to choose up with what tendencies are occurring throughout the sport and be forward of that curve."

White gained gold medals for the halfpipe in 2006, 2010 and 2018 Winter Video games, and holds the file for many Olympic golds earned by a snowboarder.