ZHANGJIAKOU, China — U.S. half-piper Lucas Foster couldn't even entertain the idea when a reporter asked him about the possibility that the most famous man in snowboarding wouldn't make an Olympic final.
This was Shaun White, after all.
Foster's confidence was rewarded when White delivered a classic clutch second run to send him through to the final of the men's snowboard halfpipe at Genting Snow Park. After he fell on his signature Double McTwist in the first attempt, White attacked his second run for a score of 86.25 that qualified fourth. No scores carry over to the final.
