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Monday, February 13, 2006 12:00 AM

Meet the flying tomato

Snowboarder Shaun White wows Olympic crowds.
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  • Monday, February 13, 2006 11:50 PM

    Shaun's soft side

    I couldn't agree more with your take on Shaun White, but you missed the best part. After he wins the gold and his family mobs him, he gets all choked up and then sweetly jokes about it during the interview.

    His description of the Olympics as "the X games times 10" was pretty classic too.

    —Jeremy in SF Read Jeremy in SF's other letters

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