Chloe Kim takes gold in snowboarding and Nathan Chen claims first prize in men’s figure skating

US snowboarder Chloe Kim confirmed her title of queen of the half-pipe today by winning gold in devastating style at Beijing 2022.

The 21-year-old who won the Olympic title at Pyeongchang 2018 blew away any opposition to win gold for a second time.

Kim put on a faultless display in her first run scoring a massive 94 points out of 100.

The skill and precision of this devastating run appeared to surprise her as she covered her mouth in excitement at the end. She later told her coach it was the best performance she had ever done.

But the superstar fell on her second and third run as she tried to perform even more difficult tricks to the delight of the crowd at the Genting Snow Park this Thursday morning.

US snowboarder Chloe Kim confirmed her title of queen of the half-pipe today by winning gold in the Women’s Snowboard Halfpipe

Kim was overcome with emotion and was seen wiping away a team as she was announced the winner 

Double gold medalist Chloe Kim of Team United States (C), is joined on the podium by silver medalist Queralt Castellet of Team Team Spain (L) and bronze medalist Sena Tomita of Team Japan (R) 

The 21-year-old who won the Olympic title at Pyeongchang 2018 blew away any opposition to win gold for a second time 

Kim told of her joy winning her second Olympic gold. But she revealed her despair that her parents could not be there to watch her win.

She said: ‘There is a lot of emotion here. I am sad that my family isn’t here. I’m sad that my friends aren’t here.

‘I’m sad that it’s not the same exact experience due to of Covid, however, I’m so grateful that we even were able to do this and come here and represent our countries.

‘That’s the most important part.”

The outstanding snowboarder told of her pride at landing such a high score in her first run.

Chloe said: ‘I was so proud of myself. 

Kim put on a faultless display in her first run scoring a massive 94 points out of 100

The superstar fell on her second and third run as she tried to perform even more difficult tricks to the delight of the crowd at the Genting Snow Park this Thursday morning

Kim told of her joy winning her second Olympic gold. But she revealed her despair that her parents could not be there to watch her win

The outstanding snowboarder told of her pride at landing such a high score in her first run. Chloe said: ‘I was so proud of myself’

‘I had the worst practice, ever. I probably landed my run twice when I’m used to landing it eight times, normally, and so that puts you in a weird headspace. It felt so inconsistent.

‘I didn’t want to feel all that pressure of having to land my first safety run (in competition).

‘I overflowed with emotion when I was able to land it on the first go, and it opened up a lot of opportunity for me to go try something new (in her second and third runs).”

Talking about her failed attempt to land the highly difficult cab 1260 trick Chloe said:

‘It was worth it for sure, 1000%. That’s what keeps me going. I wish I’d landed it, but next time.

On her Instagram she posted, ‘Ow my butt’ along with a picture of her face in pain, to describe the severity of her crashes.

However her untouchable first run score was beyond the reach of any other of the talented list of snowboarders.

Spain’s Queralt Castellet came closest with an impressive 90.25 to take silver and Japan’s Sena Tomita was happy to take bronze with 88.25.

Speaking after her victory Chloe said:

‘I did it!’‘

Among those cheering Kim on was controversial Chinese freestyle skier Aileen Gu.

The Californian-born athlete congratulated the TeamUSA queen warmly, giving her a hug at the finishing line.

Kim, who was just 17 when she won her first Olympics at Pyeongchang, will add this second gold medal to her two world championship victories and her 2016 Youth Olympic Games gold, is now confirmed as the queen of the women’s snowboard half-pipe.

Her untouchable first run score was beyond the reach of any other of the talented list of snowboarders

Kim hugs and talks to Eileen Gu who won gold for China at big air this week Chloe Kim for Team USA win gold in Women’s Snowboard Halfpipe in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

Kim was all smiles as she held up the American flag and her boarding mittens after winning gold 

Kim, who was just 17 when she won her first Olympics at Pyeongchang, will add this second gold medal to her two world championship victories and her 2016 Youth Olympic Games gold, is now confirmed as the queen of the women’s snowboard half-pipe