Chloe Kim of the U.S. won the Women's Halfpipe at the FIS Snowboard World Championships for the first time in four years.
Chloe Kim won the women's halfpipe final at the 2025 FIS Snowboard World Championships in Engadin, Switzerland, on the 29th (local time) with 93.5 points.
Chloe Kim, the gold medalist at the 2018 Pyeongchang and 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, won two consecutive World Championships in 2019 and 2021 before retaking the top spot in four years to win her third career championship.
Chloe Kim chose to rest in the 2022-2023 season after the Beijing Winter Olympics and did not participate in the 2023 World Championships.
Therefore, he won all the world championships he participated in from 2019 to this year.
With this victory, Chloe Kim secured the right to participate in the 2026 Milan/Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics, paving the way for her third consecutive bid for the women's halfpipe at the Olympics.
In the final, which was held amid a lot of snow, Chloe Kim won the gold medal with 93.5 points from the first period.
Chloe Kim, who was the first female player to succeed in the 1,260-degree technique that rotates three and a half times in the air at the X game in January last year, challenged the 1,260-degree technique in the second period after the victory was confirmed, but failed to land, NBC Sports said.
15-year-old Japanese athlete Shimizu Sara took the silver medal with 90.75 points, and another Japanese athlete, Mitsuki Ono, won the bronze medal with 88.5 points.
Choi Ga-on (Sehwa Girls' High School), who won two FIS World Cups this season, ranked 12th in the women's final (29.75 points).
In the men's event, Scottie James (Australia) won the gold medal with 95 points.
James, who won three consecutive titles in the event in 2015, 2017 and 2019, won a silver medal in 2021 and finished fifth in 2023, showed off his potential to win again in six years.
In the men's category, Japanese players Lucca Hirano (92.25 points) and Yuto Totsuka (92.25 points) also won silver and bronze medals, respectively.
Kim Gun-hee (Mae High School), the winner of last month's Harbin Winter Asian Games, finished sixth (78.25 points), the best among Korean players. 카지노
Lee Chae-woon (Kyunghee University), who won the gold medal in the men's halfpipe at the 2023 competition for the first time in Korean skiing and snowboarding, did not participate in this year's competition.