US Winter Olympic legend Shaun White has been dating famous American actress, Nina Dobrev, for almost 2 years now. Notably, among the many things that they bonded over, we believe Nina’s love for Winter Sports definitely tops the list.
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The couple is often spotted on their snowboarding dates, proving to be of neck-to-neck competition to each other. Moreover, post their snowboarding race, the couple also tried their hand at another Winter Olympic sport, curling.
Nina Dobrev and Shaun White out on a curling date
Understandably, Nina Dobrev is extremely excited and pumped as she looks forward to Shaun White fighting for his last Olympic medal at the Beijing Olympics. Speaking about the same, Dobrev said, ”I am really excited for him. Just to get into the Olympics at all is one of the hugest accomplishments, let alone to get in five times. I’m so excited. I’m so proud of him.”
Earlier this year, three-time Olympic gold medalist, Shaun White, and his girlfriend explored the curling sport. Notably, White posted a picture from their interesting date where he had a curling stone in his hand, while Nina had a curling broom in hers. White captioned the picture, ”Do you even curl….? 🥌”
Do you even curl….? 🥌 pic.twitter.com/9O42wl6Vjp
— Shaun White (@shaunwhite) January 11, 2021
Curling as a sport was added to the Winter Olympics program in 1924; however, it was removed as a medal sport until 1998. Back in 2018, the mixed event for curling sport was also added. It’s indeed interesting to watch the snowboarding icon, try out other games.
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Shaun White is among the greatest snowboarders of all time. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)
Curling Team USA for the Beijing Olympics 2022
Curling legend, John Shuster, will be appearing in his fifth Olympic games, the same as Shaun White. Not to mention, he has also been elected as the flag bearer for tomorrow’s opening ceremony. Here is the full list of team USA for the curling sport.
Men: Team Shuster- John Shuster, Chris Plys, Matt Hamilton, John Landsteiner, and Colin Hufman
Women: Team Peterson- Tabitha Peterson, Nina Roth, Becca Hamilton, Tara Peterson, and Aileen Geving
🗣 ALL ABOARDDDDD
The rest of the @usacurl Team is officially en route to @Beijing2022! pic.twitter.com/yqcO34rNBi
— USA Curling (@usacurl) February 2, 2022
Mixed Doubles: Vicky Persinger, and Chris Plys
In both curling and snowboarding, Team USA will be entering as the defending champion. Do you think they will come home with another set of gold medals?
