American snowboard star Chloe Kim says shoulder injury won’t stop three-peat Olympic gold bid

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American snowboarder Chloe Kim shared an optimistic update on her status for the Milan Cortina Olympics.

The two-time Olympic gold medalist said she’s "good to go" for the competition despite dealing with the effects of a torn labrum in her shoulder. Kim sustained the injury during a recent training run in Switzerland.

The 2026 Games are scheduled to begin in less than a month, giving Kim a short window to recover and pursue her third consecutive gold medal in the halfpipe. Kim won gold in 2018 in Pyeongchang and again in 2022 in Beijing.

In an update posted to Instagram on Tuesday, Kim said she wasn’t surprised to learn she had torn her labrum — the lining of the socket that holds the shoulder together. She did not specify which shoulder was injured when she fell while preparing for the upcoming Laax Open.

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FILE - United States' Chloe Kim trains before the women's halfpipe finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 10, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

"There are two ways to do it, and the way I did it is less severe than the other, so I’m really happy about that," she said. "Obviously, I’m really disappointed that I can’t snowboard until right before the Olympics, which is going to be hard. I haven’t gotten nearly the amount of reps that I would have liked, but that’s OK."

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The women’s Olympic halfpipe contest begins on Feb. 11.

The 25-year-old Kim, who has already qualified for the U.S. team, would be the heavy favorite to win in Italy if she’s completely