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 Shaun White, Snowboarder

Shaun White, Snowboarder
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     edHelper's suggested reading level:   high interest, readability grade 5
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   3.64

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    hosted, Nagano, fans, zipping, racked, snowboard, snowboarding, traveled, however, snowboarder, such, part, sport, life, earth, beyond
     content words:    Winter Olympic Games, Shaun White, Winter Olympic, Pop Tart, Nuclear Air

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Shaun White, Snowboarder
By Brenda B. Covert 		  
1     It was 1998 when the Winter Olympic Games first welcomed snowboarding as an Olympic sport. Nagano, Japan hosted the Olympics that year. Shaun White was only 11 years old; that was too young to take part. He must have been excited to see the sport televised; after all, he had been snowboarding for five years! Two years later, at age 13, Shaun turned pro.
 
2     Shaun tried out for the 2002 U.S. Winter Olympic team. He was 15 years old. He came close, but he didn't make it. However, he did compete in the Winter X Games; he won two silver medals there.
 
3     Shaun White earned a spot on the 2006 U.S. Winter Olympic team at age 19. He traveled to Torino, Italy. There he won the gold medal in the men's halfpipe.

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