(Exports News Reporter Jun-seok Yoon) Chloe Kim (USA), the ’empress of snowboarding’ who is attempting to win her third consecutive win in the snowboarding halfpipe at the 2026 Milan/Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter Olympics, has created an unexpected topic with her overwhelming performance.
While he took first place in the preliminary round and confirmed his advancement to the finals, the presence of his lover, NFL star Myles Garrett, who visited the stadium, is in the spotlight and attracting great attention.
Chloe Kim recorded 90.25 points in the snowboarding women’s halfpipe preliminaries at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics held at Livigno Snow Park in Italy on the 11th (Korean time), taking first place overall and securing a ticket to the finals given to the top 12 people.
According to local reports, Chloe Kim suffered a shoulder injury during training in Switzerland just four weeks ago, and her first return to the halfpipe was two weeks before the competition. Despite this, there was no significant fluctuation in performance.
In the actual preliminaries, Chloe Kim seemed to dominate her competitors from the beginning.
On this day, where the perfect game management shined, scenes outside of the game also attracted attention.
After finishing the preliminaries, Chloe Kim was captured hugging a man near the stands, and it became a hot topic when the person was identified as his lover Garrett.
Garrett, a defensive end for the Cleveland Browns who won the NFL Defensive Player of the Year award twice, is said to have visited Italy to watch Kim play in person.
The fact that the two are dating has been known since 2025, and Chloe Kim has also not hidden her affection for her lover. In a past interview, he confessed that he did not know much about American football due to his Korean family background, saying, “At first, I had no idea who he was.”
Meanwhile, Chloe Kim is attempting to make history by becoming the first Olympic halfpipe champion to win three consecutive championships in this competition.
Although the preparation process was not smooth due to injuries, looking at the performance shown in the preliminaries, he is still the strongest candidate for the championship.
In this event, Korean snowboarder Choi Ga-on, a medal hopeful, also advanced to the finals. In the first period of the preliminaries, he steadily succeeded in the switch backside seven and backside 900, scoring 82.25 points. In the second period, he showed off his presence by showing off a jump height of over 4m, passing in 6th place overall.
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Reporter Junseok Yoon jupremebd@xportsnews.com
date: 2026-02-11 17:44:00
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