Jordan Chiles set the season's top NCAA score, thanks in part to a perfect-10 bars routine — but many think her vault score should've been even higher.
<p>In his final <a class='ath autolink' href='https://theathletic.com/olympics/'>Olympics</a>, Shaun White finished just off the podium in fourth place in the men's halfpipe final on Friday in Beijing. </p><p></p><p>White scored a 72.00 on his first run, good for fourth, landing slightly on his heel edge coming off 1440. He put together a clean run his second time dropping in, remaining in fourth place with an 85.00. On his third and final run, White got out to a strong start but clipped the deck, falling on his second of two back-to-back 1440s and earning a 14.75.</p><p></p><p>White took off his helmet and tipped it to the crowd as he rode to the finish after falling. He was visibly emotional while awaiting his score and greeting other competitors.</p><p></p><p>Nicknamed "The Flying Tomato," White already holds the record for the most Olympic gold me
<p>It will be Shaun White's swan song Friday in Beijing. The 35-year-old star snowboarder will compete for the <a href="https://theathletic.com/news/shaun-white-three-time-olympic-gold-medalist-to-retire-after-beijing-games/SLSnJQIe8eIO/" target= self>final time in the halfpipe</a>, looking to add on more gold to his collection. </p><p></p><p>Nicknamed "The Flying Tomato," White already holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals by a snowboarder. He made his Olympic debut at the 2006 Turin Games, where he won gold. He added two halfpipe gold medals in the event at the 2010 Vancouver Games and the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. </p><p></p><p>He qualified fourth for the three-run final, which begins at 8:30 p.m. ET Thursday on NBC. </p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, Mikaela Shiffrin is expected to race, the U.S. ski team says, after she missed gates and skied out of each o
katie archibald will headline a 19 strong gb squad at the upcoming track cycling world championships. having collected three european commonwealth golds and gold in the madison of the tokyo olympics, she heads up the team in france and will be joined by fellow olympic silver medallists neah evans and josie knight in the women s endurance squad, while academy riders megan barker and ella barnwell make their worlds debut. that s all for me for now. plenty more on their bbc sport website this evening. and more to come as well thatis evening. and more to come as well that is on sports day at 6:30 p.m.. the number ofjob vacancies hit all time high. high of1.1 million, the most since records the retail sector were among those with a sharp rise injobs the retail sector were among those with a sharp rise in jobs to fail as our business editor now reports.
london since 2007. discussions over developing a women s british and irish lions team are to take place. england and harlequins prop shaunagh brown will be part of a 13 member panel, chaired by the former lion ieuan evans. the board will assess the financial viability; strength of opposition and scheduling. and the olympic and european champion katie archibald will headline a gb squad at the track cycling world championships in rou bay in france. the european, commonwealth and olympic gold medallist will be joined by fellow olympic silver medallists neah evans and josie knight in the women s endurance squad. as we reported yesterday, after birmingham 2022, the host country of future commonwealth games will be permitted to select most of the sports to be included in their programme. the only protected ones will be athletics and swimming. this means many sports