Kim rides big 1st run to defense of Olympic halfpipe title
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — No way was snowboarder Chloe Kim taking an easy ride down the halfpipe for her victory lap on her third and final run.
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Chloe Kim: US star defends her Olympic halfpipe gold in style at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
Chloe Kim has successfully defended her Olympic halfpipe gold in style at Genting Resort Secret Garden in Zhangjiakou. The American produced her best run at the first attempt with an impressive score of 94.00 to seal her second career gold medal. Ad/> Spain's Queralt Castellet finished in silver medal position with 90.75 in her second run to secure a first medal for her nation at this Olympics.
American Chloe Kim, 21, secures history with consecutive Olympic golds in snowboard halfpipe event
Chloe Kim is the first woman to win two Olympic snowboard gold medals in the halfpipe. The lone American to make Thursday's final, Kim, 21, won the event with her first-run score of 94, which was nearly four points higher than the rest of the field. Spain's Queralt Castellet, a five-time Olympian, captured her first medal, a silver, and Sena Tomita of Japan finished with the bronze.
Snowboarding: American Kim wins women's Olympic halfpipe gold
ZHANGJIAKOU, China: American Chloe Kim ruled the women's halfpipe final and picked up the gold on Thursday (Feb 10), defending her winning streak by easily edging out Spanish rival Queralt Castellet, who took the silver medal.
Winter Olympics: Chloe Kim wins snowboard halfpipe gold to retain title
Chloe Kim won snowboard halfpipe gold with incredible ease to retain her Winter Olympic title from 2018.
JUEGOS DE INVIERNO Queralt Castellet hace magia: medalla de plata en Pekín
La noche es el territorio preferido de la soledad y de los seres especiales. Por eso, mientras España dormía, la maga de Sabadell sacó sus mejores trucos para dar una alegría histórica en Pekín. Medalla de plata para la subcampeona mundial en Kreischberg (Austria) 2015 y bronce en Aspen 2021, además de triple medallista de los X Games en Superpipe (plata en 2019, oro en 2020 y plata en 2022) y con 17 podios en Copa del Mundo.
Snowboarding-American Kim wins women's halfpipe gold
ZHANGJIAKOU, China :American Chloe Kim ruled the women's halfpipe final and picked up the gold on Thursday, defending her winning streak by easily edging out Spanish rival Queralt Castellet, who took the silver medal.