Chloe Kim won the title of Halfpipe World in the 2026 Olympic Team and Not Down Down | Snowboarding
On Saturday, Chloe Kim won the third Snowboard half pipe world championship in Switzerland and took part in the 2026 US Olympic team.
Kim 24 -year -old, in the first run to win the 93.50 score in the first run a Switch Double Cork 1080 and 900s in a row, the title collected the title with a run. Sara Shimizu from Japan received silver with 90.75, while Mitsuki Ono won bronze with 88.50.
“I think I’m back,” Kim said. “I really started to find joy for sports, and this was a really positive change for me.”
Zafer guarantees Kim’s place in the Milan Cortina Olympics in February, where he will try to be the first Snowboarder to win three consecutive Olympics Gold Medal in the half -line.
Kim’s victory closes a return season after a two -year break from the competition. In the 2022 Beijing games, he followed the second Olympic gold and referred to mental health struggles and burnout. After returning to the competition in January, he won the X games in Aspen – he tied Shaun White for most women’s super -Pipe titles – and he became the first woman to compete both in front and Cab Double Cork 1080s.
The final of Saturday was delayed for more than two hours due to bad weather. Kim admitted that the conditions were damaging the riders.
“Today it was definitely a great mental war, I think for all ladies,” he said. “I certainly made a few mental castings during the application, so I am very happy to get something.”
The second run served as a tour of a victory, while a taxi worked to 1260 – another cheat in which no woman has designed to compete – but it was down.
Kim, “My favorite part of a tour of a victory, to advance the sport and to try to do the craziest run I’ve ever done,” he said. “I was hoping to put this here, but next time.”
Kim first won the World Championship in 2019 and repeated in 2021. He did not compete in the 2023 editions.
Winning has strengthened its status on the world Snowboard score list, which is the main criteria for early Olympic qualification. According to the US Ski and Snowboard, this event is in the top three, provided that this event is in the top three, as it encounters a threshold, the highest -level American woman in the world ranking after providing an automatic Olympic dock.
Kim won the first X Games Gold at the age of 14 and the first 17 -year -old Olympic gold in PyeongChang. It continues to be one of the most dominant and decorated athletes in sports.
“Chloe’s ability to force the progression of women’s half -pipe, while Chloe remains consistent on the top, Dan “It’s not just not winning, it’s rediscovering what’s possible.”
Kim trusted his renewed success in the snow. Last summer he began intense therapy, a movement he said, helping him to regain his trust and perspective.
“There was a time when I couldn’t imagine the competition again, Kim Kim said at the beginning of this season. “Now, I’m having fun again.
The rest of the US Women’s Olympic battery team will be named at the beginning of 2026.
