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American Chloe Kim fell short of Winter Olympic history, finishing second in the snowboarding halfpipe final during the sixth day of competition at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games on Thursday (February 12).
Kim finished with a score of 88.0, her highest score of three runs, to take silver behind Korea's Choi Ga-on, with Japan's Mitsuki Ono taking bronze. The two-time defending champion held the lead for the majority of the final before Ga-on scored a 90.0 on her final run.
Kim would've become the first snowboarder to win three consecutive gold medals and join fellow American Shaun White, who won gold in the men's event at the 2006 Torino, 2010 Vancouver and 2018 Pyeonchang Games, as the only other three-time Olympic snowboarding champion.
The U.S. men's hockey team began Olympic play with a 5-1 win against Latvia. Brock Nelson scored two goals, both in the second period, while Jack Hughes, Matthew Tkachuk, Jack Eichel and Quinn Hughes each had two assists during the blowout win. Host country Italy currently leads the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics medal count with a total of 17 (six gold, three silver and eight bronze), followed by Norway (seven gold, two silver and five bronze) and the United States (four gold, seven silver and three bronze) both at 14.
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