Shaun White is hated by the snowboarding community — and it's an elite-athlete phenomenon shared by Kobe Bryant, Tom Brady, and Michael Jordan

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• Shaun White won the half-pipe competition on Wednesday and secured his third Olympic gold medal.
• Snowboarding competitors have previously said they don't like White.
• Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and Tom Brady are also dominant professional athletes who are said to be ruthlessly competitive.

Shaun White captured his third gold medal in a dramatic final run of the half-pipe Wednesday at the  Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

For White, the win was one of redemption, after crashing in the 2014 Olympics and missing the podium. But it remains to be seen what his competitors in the snowboarding community think of his win, as they have previously expressed their disdain for White.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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