Choi Gaon, a South Korean athlete, has secured a gold medal in the women's halfpipe snowboard at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, leaving behind her mentor and idol, Chloe Kim. On Thursday, February 12, South Korea secured their first gold medal, and the 17-year-old snatched the honour after taking a nasty fall.
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Korea's Gaon Choi, 17, rebounded from a hard fall to win gold — and end her role model's historic bid for three in a row in the Winter Olympic halfpipe.
A dramatic and entertaining Day 8 of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games saw seven Winter Olympics gold medals handed out. American-born Chinese athlete Eileen Gu qualified for the women's freeski big air final despite a fall in her second qualifying run.
It was a busy Day 6 of the Winter Olympic Games in Milan Cortina as Chloe Kim and Breezy Johnson went for gold and the fallout of the Ukrainian slider disqualification continued.
LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Some might say the seeds of an Olympic-sized surprise in snowboarding were planted a month ago. That’s when Chloe Kim went skittering down a halfpipe in Switzerland, smashing her shoulder and turning her run for a third straight gold medal into a less-than-perfect scramble.
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Chinese snowboarder Liu Jiayu had a scary crash on Wednesday during the Olympics and was rushed to the hospital.