Chloe Kim entered Thursday’s halfpipe final at the 2026 Winter Olympics hoping to make history, and become the first snowboarder to secure gold in three consecutive Games.
It looked as if she needed just her first run to get the job done.
The Team USA star absolutely crushed her first run, starting things off with a backside 720, then a switch backside air, and into a switch double cork 1080 to get it going. But she was not done from there.
You can see that first full run here:
That earned her an 88.00 to set the standard after the first set of runs from the finalists.
On her second run, Kim started the
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