Congratulations are in order for Olympic snowboarder Chloe Kim! The 21-year-old American athlete won the gold medal in the halfpipe event at the 2022 Beijing Olympics on Thursday (February 10) in Beijing, China.
On her first run, Chloe earned a score of 94 points, which helped her secure a win in the event. Spain’s Queralt Castellet earned the silver with 90.25 points and Japan’s Sena Tomita earned the bronze with 88.25 points. Click inside to see how Chloe Kim made history… Chloe made Olympic history by becoming the first woman to win back-to-back gold medals in the halfpipe event.
She won gold back in 2018 with a score of 98.25 points. NBC reports that Chloe began the run with “a huge method air, after which she nailed a frontside 1080 tailgrab, a cab 900, a switch backside 540 and a cab 1080.” Make sure to watch the video of her run below and then watch her amazing reaction!
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