After falling on her final run, United States snowboarding star Chloe Kim was stunned by South Korea's 17-year-old Gaon Choi, who scored over 90 to win gold.
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Choi Ga-on wins South Korea's first Winter Olympic skiing gold
Choi Ga-on, Sehwa Girls' High School, has achieved the historic feat of winning South Korea's first-ever Winter Olympic gold medal in skiing. Amid this accomplishment, broadcast footage of her past appearance with her family is being revisited.
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.
Brignone shrugged off difficult, foggy conditions to win her fourth career Olympic medal and become, at 35, the oldest female gold medalist in women’s Alpine skiing. Romane Miradoli of France took silver, and Cornelia Huetter of Austria got bronze.
Chloe Kim took silver and US hockey cruised in its game. Here are all of the Winter Olympics medal events and results today.
Chinese snowboarder Liu Jiayu had a scary crash on Wednesday during the Olympics and was rushed to the hospital.
From the U.S. women’s curling team opening Day 1 of competition with a win, to Charlie Mickel and Landon Wendler advancing in men’s moguls, check out highlights from Day 6 of the Winter Olympics.
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Choi Ga-on wins South Korea's first Olympic skiing/snowboarding gold
Choi Ga-on, 18 years old, from Sehwa Girls’ High School, who made her name on the international stage early, won South Korea’s first-ever gold medal in Olympic skiing and snowboarding at her first Olympics.
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