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Chloe Kim (born April 23, 2000) is an American snowboarder and two-time Olympic gold medalist. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, she became the youngest woman to win an Olympic snowboarding gold medal when she won gold in the women's snowboard halfpipe at 17 years old.
A total of ten snowboarding events were scheduled to take place between 10 and 24 February 2018. [1] The parallel slalom event, which made its debut four years earlier at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, was dropped from the games in 2018 in favour of a new big air event. [2]
Snowboarding is an Olympic sport that has been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. [1] Snowboarding was one of five new sports or disciplines added to the Winter Olympic programme between 1990 and 2002, and was the only one not to have been a previous medal or demonstration event. [ 2 ]
Due to the high winds on the final day, the snowboarding event was delayed for more than an hour. [3] The strong headwinds continued into the final, causing many falls amongst the competitors. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Of the 25 participants, only five managed to stay on their feet during the first run.
Four years ago, United States snowboarder Chloe Kim stole the show at the 2018 Winter Olympics. She became the youngest woman in Olympic history to win a gold medal in snowboarding. Kim, just 17 ...
The women's big air competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 19 and 22 February 2018 at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Stadium in Pyeongchang, South Korea. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The event made its Olympic debut.
Jamie Louise Anderson (born September 13, 1990) is an American professional snowboarder.She won the gold medal in the inaugural Women's Slopestyle Event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia and repeated the feat at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, making her the first female snowboarder to win more than one Olympic gold medal.
She said she preferred snowboarding because "no one tells you what to do", and that her previous gymnastics training allowed her to transition easily into doing snowboard tricks in the air. [12] [13] [11] At FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2013 Gasser finished 18th. Her best World Cup result and the only podium finish before the 2014 ...