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(AP) -- Shaun White has successfully landed his most
difficult trick to win his third straight title at the Winter X
Games, only about an hour after clipping his face against the top
of the halfpipe while trying the same move in practice.
 

The 2006 Olympic gold medalist pulled off his newly patented
Double McTwist 1260 in the first run of the superpipe finals
to score a 95.33 - 1.67 points better than Iouri Podladtchikov of
Switzerland.
 

In practice for the finals, White hit his face on the halfpipe
as he was trying to complete the trick, snapping his head back and
sending his helmet flying. He left the pipe under his own power,
and his agent said his only injury was an abrasion to the left side
of his face.

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