US snowboarder Chloe Kim stunned by South Korea's Gaon Choi, settles for silver in women's halfpipe

United States snowboarder Chloe Kim couldn't marque it 3 consecutive golden medals successful the women's halfpipe lawsuit connected Thursday, falling connected her last tally to springiness South Korea’s Gaon Choi golden astatine the 2026 Milan Cortina Games.

Kim inactive won metallic aft her 88.00 decorativeness connected her archetypal run, which sat successful archetypal spot passim the halfpipe last until Choi, who had 2 scary falls connected her archetypal 2 runs, was affectional aft a cleanable tally landed a whopping 90.25 people to overtake archetypal place.

Kim, who fell connected her 2nd run, inactive had a accidental to get her apical people back. But she fell halfway through, and the South Korean squad was jumping for joyousness knowing golden was secured.

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United States' Chloe Kim falls during the women's snowboarding halfpipe finals astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Livigno, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Kim, who has won golden successful the erstwhile 2 Olympics, whitethorn person seen her reign ended successful the event. But she was each smiles, heading consecutive for Choi to observe with her.

Alongside Choi and bronze medal victor Mitsuki Ono from Japan, Kim continued to constituent astatine the South Korean victor arsenic the camera caught them unneurotic astatine the bottommost of the hill.

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Choi is conscionable 17 years old, and was considered the biggest menace to Kim entering the event. She had won the X Games astatine lone 14 years old, and it was clip for her archetypal Olympics successful Milan. The 2 falls didn’t look promising, but she made it number connected the last run.

Kim, an eight-time X Games golden medalist and three-time World Champion, was looking to marque Olympic past successful this year’s tournament.

She would person go the archetypal snowboarder, antheral oregon woman, to ever triumph 3 consecutive golden medals. U.S. fable Shaun White collected 3 Olympic golds, but helium ne'er did it consecutively.

United States' Chloe Kim falls during the women's snowboarding halfpipe finals astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Livigno, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Kim did accidental earlier the lawsuit that she would beryllium contented with the results either way.

"I’m conscionable going to bash what I came present to do, and if they determine to springiness it to me, past awesome," she said, per NBC News. "But I’m truly conscionable grateful to beryllium successful the presumption wherever I’ve won each these events aggregate times. The information that I’m capable to beryllium present and riding and being assured is each I tin inquire for."

Kim had a household contingent successful Milan, which besides featured her boyfriend, Cleveland Browns prima antiaircraft extremity Myles Garrett, caller disconnected winning the Defensive Player of the Year aft breaking the single-season sack record.

United States' Chloe Kim celebrates her tally during the women's snowboarding halfpipe finals astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Livigno, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

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Kim’s metallic medal marked the 14th for the United States astatine the Milan Cortina Games.

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