Chloe Kim thwarted in bid for Olympic halfpipe three-peat by South Korea’s Choi Gaon

The light snowfall falling over Livigno Snow Park on Thursday night helped produce one of the bigger Olympic upsets in snowboard history, as Chloe Kim’s bid to become the first rider to win three consecutive Olympic halfpipe gold medals ended just short. Kim finished with a best score of 88.00 from her opening, settling for silver behind surprise winner Choi Gaon of South Korea, whose heroic third run after a hard fall on her first earned 90.25 and rewrote the Olympic record books. Japan’s Mitsuki Ono took bronze.