--- description: Snowboarder Arielle Gold hurt her shoulder during a practice run Wednesday and was forced to sit out of her Olympic competition. The 17-year-old's injury comes on the heels of Shaun White's disappointing fourth-place finish Tuesday title: U.S. Snowboarder Arielle Gold Drops Out Of Sochi Olympics image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb6c7d461f6391925/6986823cd0b6f2b36a302e32/ariellegold.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [olympics](/tag/olympics/) ## olympics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # U.S. Snowboarder Arielle Gold Drops Out Of Olympics by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 12, 2014 2:51 PM CUT  Arielle Gold after crashing at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on February 12, 2014. Arielle Gold after crashing at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on February 12, 2014.Mike Ehrmann—Getty Images by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 12, 2014 2:51 PM CUT Team USA snowboarder Arielle Gold suffered a shoulder [injury](http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/sochi/2014/02/12/arielle-gold-snowboarder-halfpipe-injury/5414313/ "undefined") Wednesday and will not compete in the Olympics. Gold, 17, was training before her heat when she crashed in the Rosa Khuto halfpipe, _USA Today_ reports. She was considered a medal contender in the event after becoming the second-youngest snowboarder to win the FIS World Snowboarding Championship last year. American snowboarder Shaun White dropped out of last Saturday’s slopestyle snowboarding competition and came in a disappointing fourth in the men’s halfpipe Tuesday. \[[_USA Today_](http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/sochi/2014/02/12/arielle-gold-snowboarder-halfpipe-injury/5414313/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6766/u-s-snowboarder-arielle-gold-drops-out-of-olympics/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6766/u-s-snowboarder-arielle-gold-drops-out-of-olympics/"},"headline":"U.S. Snowboarder Arielle Gold Drops Out Of Olympics","datePublished":"2014-02-12T14:51:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:23:04.526Z","description":"Snowboarder Arielle Gold hurt her shoulder during a practice run Wednesday and was forced to sit out of her Olympic competition. The 17-year-old's injury comes on the heels of Shaun White's disappointing fourth-place finish Tuesday","url":"https://time.com/6766/u-s-snowboarder-arielle-gold-drops-out-of-olympics/","keywords":["olympics","Winter Olympics","Sochi","Injury"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb6c7d461f6391925/6986823cd0b6f2b36a302e32/ariellegold.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb6c7d461f6391925/6986823cd0b6f2b36a302e32/ariellegold.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Snowboard - Winter Olympics Day 5","caption":"Snowboard - Winter Olympics Day 5","creditText":"Mike Ehrmann—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/olympics/","name":"olympics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6766/u-s-snowboarder-arielle-gold-drops-out-of-olympics/","name":"U.S. Snowboarder Arielle Gold Drops Out Of Olympics"}}]}] ```