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Competitor. he's shown over a long duration both his consistency but also his love for the sport, i mean, his love for the olympic path. when you watch these athletes in their final kind of bow in the thing that gave them all the signals of affirmation that this is your purpose, this is why you're here, it's a beautiful sight and it's also sad, right? so what happens now is this kind of quasi-great divorce where he's going to be transitioning from one chapter in his life into the next, and that reinvention stage is going to be exciting. i think shaun has a tremendous amount of opportunities. b...

When he was 10 born and raced in salt lake. his coach was in california. mom found a way for him to pursue his passion. i talked to him not 24 hours after his gold medal perform maps. listen. she would drive me back and forth over and over. racked up hundreds of thousands of miles in her prius. any hour of the day, you know, whether it's 3 a.m., she's chugging along in the car and getting me to my training sessions. for her to completely not a second thought, just immediately, yeah, you need to go? hop in the car. let's go to california. unreal. >> reporter: unreal, indeed. the ride of a lifet...

Accolades, it was a pretty emotional end for snowboarder shaun white after making the final olympic run of his career. >> gosh, it's hard to describe. i mean, there were so many thoughts going through my head and, you know, it's a mixture of, wow, this is sad, i won't be doing this anymore, but then again a relief of wow, i've come this far and i deserve, you know, the rest and, you know, the anxiety and the fear and all these things you have to deal with and cope with during, you know, competition season, especially with snowboarding, flying 20 feet out of a 20-foot halfpipe, and, you know, t...

Such an amazing support from all the chinese, you know, fans and volunteers and just people that have come out or were allowed to come and watch. it was incredible. >> joining me right now is retired u.s. olympic speed skater and winner of eight olympic golds, apal low anton o ohno. good to see you. >> wonder to feel see you. >> you said good-bye to the games after your lengthy career, and we've heard shaun white reflect on what was going through his mind. if you're watching, you know, his last run that evening, i was watching it, and i just saw, you know, the tears welling up in his eyes, you...

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