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How did Chloe Kim make Olympic history at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games?
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Snowboarder Torah Bright of Australia competing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
At the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, American snowboarder Chloe Kim made history in two significant ways:
- Youngest Gold Medalist: At 17 years and 10 months old, she became the youngest woman in Olympic history at that time to win a gold medal in the half-pipe event.1
- Technical Milestone: During her final run, she became the first woman to land back-to-back 1,080° jumps (three full turns in the air) in Olympic competition, which boosted her winning score to 98.25.1
Kim had already secured the gold medal before her final run, having established a commanding lead with a score of 93.75 on her first attempt.1