Korean player Chloe Kim (21, USA) has won the International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard World Championships Women’s Halfpipe twice in a row.
Chloe Kim scored 93.75 points in the women’s halfpipe final at the 2021 FIS Snowboard World Championships held in Aspen, Colorado, USA on the 14th (Korean time), and took first place.
It surpassed 2nd place Maddie Mastro (USA)’s 89 points by 4.75 points.
Keralt Castelle (Spain) won the bronze medal with 87.50 points.
Chloe Kim, gold medalist at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, won the World Championships twice in a row following the Utah Games in 2019.
Recently, he reaffirmed his position as the world’s strongest by taking the Olympic and world championships alone.
Chloe Kim won the World Championships in February 2019 and runner-up at the US Open in March of that year, but was unable to compete in subsequent competitions due to an ankle injury.
Chloe Kim, who skipped the 2019-2020 season entirely for reasons such as college admission, came out to the FIS World Cup in about two years in January of this year, and showed off her health by winning.
Chloe Kim, who took first place in both the World Cup and World Championships, who participated in this year’s World Cup, also brightened the prospects for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
Yuto Totsuka (Japan) won the men’s competition together.
Even in the women’s division, four Japanese players advanced to the final in the quarterfinals.
Sena Tomita (Japan) came in fourth with 86.50 points.
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