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Two days earlier, an ankle sprain false White to withdraw from a very competitive slopestyle event. There was some question whether he would be expert to compete in Sunday's pipe final, particularly after he failed to show up for Saturday's notice practice.
Then White came out with a bang at the elimination round Sunday afternoon, dominating the players and leading the qualification for the final round. He even broke his amplitude tell of set in last year's gold medal-winning finals performance.
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The talk around Winter X was the translucent intensity of superpipe's progression with double corks, back to back 12s and various stylized tweaks marking each of the eight riders in the conclusive. Among the favorites to challenge White were Iouri "Ipod" Podlatchikov, who won last week's convey final in Vermont at the Dew Tour, and Luke Mitrani, who won the Grand Prix in Breckenridge, Colo., in December, qualifying aid to White in the elimination round. Other not-so-wild-card contenders included moral about everyone in the final: Louie Vito , Markus Malin, Christian Haller, Greg Bretz and Ryo Aono.
Source: USA TODAY