Seventeen-year-old Choi Ga-on denied American great Chloe Kim snowboarding history as she brushed off an early fall to win Winter Olympic halfpipe gold.
Kim had been hoping to become the first snowboarder – male or female – to win three consecutive Olympic gold medals.
But as heavy snow fell in Livigno, Choi usurped Kim at the top of the standings with 90.25 points from her final run, a score the 25-year-old could not better on her last attempt.
It showed remarkable resilience from Choi, after she had earlier taken a brutal fall in which she hit the icy lip of the pipe and skidded motionless into the centre.
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