Chloe Kim is the favorite to win her third consecutive halfpipe gold. She’s piled up medals by building a routine so risky that her competitors are afraid to even attempt it.

Kim takes on the women's halfpipe final at 1:30 p.m ET.

Chloe Kim never said a word about it. The new halfpipe silver medalist sounded genuinely happy for the woman who beat her. But even in snowboarding — billed as the most chill of the judged sports that populate the Winter Olympic program — everything is a matter of opinion.

Kimura launches himself into the air, spinning counter-clockwise. “It was truly impressive. Flawless execution, grabbed the whole way around and landed like he was doing a straight air, essentially,” said Rick Bower,

American Chloe Kim will aim for a third straight halfpipe gold medal as the Olympic snowboarding competitions begin on Thursday, promising breathtaking tricks and intense racing in the northern Italian town of Livigno.

It’s a maneuver that Shaun White could never land. Now, Olympic snowboarders like Alessandro Barbieri incorporate the triple cork in every run. Sam Brock dives deeper into the progression of snowboarding over the years.

The first snowboarding gold medal has been handed out at the Milan Cortina 2026 Games, after Japan's Kira Kimura took gold in men's big air on Saturday. Now, it's the women's turn.