PYEONGCHANG, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- American snowboarder Shaun White won the men's halfpipe of 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games at Phoenix Snow Park here on Wednesday.

Snowboarding legend White earned 97.75 points in his last run of three to win his third Olympic gold medal, beating Ayumu Hirano of Japan to the second place with 95.25.

Scotty James of Australia took the bronze with 92.00.