Shaun White peels back years to win landmark snowboard gold !

US snowboarding great nails halfpipe crown with sizzling final run. Shaun White peels back years to win landmark snowboard gold ! Snowboarding legend Shaun White savoured the feeling of "redemption" yesterday after he produced a jaw-dropping final run to win his third Olympic halfpipe title, bringing up a 100th Winter Games gold for the United States in the process. The 31-year-old, who won at the 2006 Turin Games and in Vancouver four years later, delivered his brilliant best when it really mattered after Japan's Ayumu Hirano had asked serious questions about the American's stomach for a fight in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Going for broke in the day's final descent, White held his nerve as he nailed back-to-back 1440 spins to score 97.75 points, pipping Hirano's second run by just 2.50. Two-time world champion Scotty James of Australia took bronze after an opening score of 92.00. "I watched Ayumu beat my previous run's score and I was pretty frustrated," said White, known as the "Flying Tomato" because of his red hair. "The pressure was on. I just told myself, 'You know you got this - it's what you've done your whole life, so savour this moment because you might just win the Olympics'.