US EditionWho Is Gaon Choi, the South Korean Teenager that Upset Chloe Kim in the Halfpipe?
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It is one of these Olympic stories: 17-year-old Choi Ga On falls heavily in the halfpipe – and then wins gold against her great idol.
A 17-year-old South Korean, debuting at the Milan Olympic Games Cortina 2026, dethroned iconic Chloe Kim in the women’s halfpipe on Thursday. Choi Gaon overcame Kim, the defending bi-champion, in the last sleeves of Thursday’s event, thwarting her attempt to make history as the first snowboarder to win three consecutive Olympic gold medals. Instead, Choi broke Kim’s record as the youngest gold medalist on snowboarding. Kim set the record at the …
The 17-year-old South Korean Gaon Choi proclaimed herself a new Olympic champion of snowboarding 'halfpipe', winning the test of that discipline of the Olympic Games in Milan Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy) played this Thursday in Livigno, where she dethroned -avoiding her third title followed- the American Chloe Kim; and the Spanish Queralt Castellet concluded tenth. South Korean entry Gaon Choi dethrones Chloe Kim and avoids her third gold followed …
South Korea's Choi Ga-on Dethrones Chloe Kim, Takes Gold in Women's Snowboard Halfpipe
Choi Ga-on stares down the halfpipe, just before dropping in and taking gold at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics. | Credit: Snowboard Magazine Instagram South Korea’s Choi Ga-on took the gold in women’s snowboard halfpipe on Thursday, February 12, dethroning Team USA’s Chloe Kim, who was looking to win her third consecutive gold medal in the event. The event took place in a snowy Livigno, Italy, where twelve riders battled it out for podi…
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