14-xyoo-laus Snowboarder Gaon Choi nyuam qhuav tsoo Chloe Kim's X Games Record As Youngest Halfpipe Winner

Tsis muaj lus nug tias 14-xyoo-laus snowboarder Gaon Choi yuav raug hu ua "Chloe Kim tom ntej."

Tus yeej Olympic kub tau qhia Choi - thiab, hnub Saturday, Choi tsoo Kim cov ntaub ntawv teev npe ua tus yau tshaj X Games snowboard halfpipe kub medalist. Thaum muaj 14 xyoos, ob lub hlis, Choi tau khaws cov ntaub ntawv los ntawm ib lub hlis.

Tab sis Choi yog tus neeg sib tw hnyav hauv nws tus kheej txoj cai, uas nws tau ua pov thawj nrog nws qhov kev txiav txim siab yeej hauv nws thawj X Games.

Maddie Mastro ntawm Asmeskas tau txais nyiaj thiab Tuam Tshoj tus Xuetong Cai tau txais tooj liab.

"Ua ntej, kuv zoo siab heev," Choi, uas tau los ua South Kauslim thawj tus yeej Winter X Games, hais rau kuv ntawm nws tus neeg txhais lus. "Kuv zoo siab heev kuv qhov kev siv zog [them nyiaj] nrog kev yeej loj zoo li no."

Choi txoj kev sib tw thib plaub yog qhov uas ua rau nws tau txais txiaj ntsig kub. Nws mus hloov backside 720 melon, backside 540 Weddle, frontside 1080 melon thiab Cab 720 tsheb tsav tsheb.

Cov kev khiav yog txiav txim los ntawm tag nrho cov kev xav thiab tsis tau qhab nia, tab sis cov kws txiav txim hais tias Choi qhov thib peb khiav yog qhov thib ob zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev sib tw. Nws muaj peb 900s (hloov backside 900 Weddle, Cab 720 melon, frontside 900) thiab kuj muaj ib tug backside 900 nrog ib tug tsis nco qab.

Ntxiv rau qhov muaj 1080 hauv nws lub arsenal-loj heev ntawm qhov kev sib tshuam no hauv nws txoj haujlwm hluas-Choi muaj tseeb tau kawm los ntawm nws tus kws cob qhia, Kim, yog ib txoj cai tseem ceeb ntawm kev sib tw snowboarding: yuav luag tseem ceeb tshaj qhov kev sib hloov, cov kws txiav txim siab xav pom ib tus neeg caij tsheb tig tag nrho plaub cov lus qhia (frontside; backside; Cab, hloov rov qab). Nws yog ib yam uas Kim ua tau.

Kim kuj yog, txog tam sim no, tsuas yog tus poj niam los tsaws rov qab rau 1080s hauv kev sib tw. Choi tau tsaws ob lub 1080s hauv kev khiav, tab sis tseem tsis tau rov qab los. Nws yog ib yam uas nws tab tom ua haujlwm, nrog rau kev ua kom yuam kev loj dua.

Hnub Friday tsaus ntuj nyob rau hauv cov txiv neej lub snowboard halfpipe zaum kawg, ib tug snowstorm ua rau cov yeeb nkab khiav qeeb, txwv cov neeg caij tsheb hauv lawv cov kev xaiv ua kom yuam kev. Qhov ntawd tsis yog qhov teeb meem rau Choi hnub Saturday.

"Kuv xav tias kuv tuaj yeem tswj hwm 1080 tau zoo, thiab kuv zoo siab tias kuv ua tiav," nws hais.

Choi, tus X Games rookie xyoo no, tau txhawb nqa los ntawm Dab thiab tsheb ciav hlau nrog pab pawg Mammoth snowboard txhim kho - tib yam li Kim. Choi, uas hails los ntawm Seoul, thiab Kim tau ntsib hauv Pyeongchang xyoo 2017 thaum Kim tau sib tw ntawm 2017 Olympic kev xeem.

Kim thiab nws txiv tau pab Choi tuaj rau Teb Chaws Asmeskas los cob qhia nrog pab pawg Mammoth. Choi hais tias Kim txiv, uas tau tsiv teb tsaws chaw rau Asmeskas xyoo 1982 thiab tom qab ntawd tsom mus ua haujlwm puv sijhawm los pab nws tus ntxhais mus nrhiav nws txoj haujlwm snowboarding, tau pab nws zoo heev.

Xyoo 2022, Choi tau mus tsis muaj kev sib tw hauv ib nrab ntawm nws thawj xyoo ntawm kev sib tw FIS qib qis.

Nws tseem tab tom ua qhov kev yeej no, tab sis thaum nug tias nws tab tom nrhiav rau yav tom ntej, Choi tau hais tias nws tau kawm nyuaj rau Dew Ncig Saib. Saib tawm, poj niam halfpipe teb. Kim, tseem yog tus poj huab tais ntawm ib nrab raj, tab tom noj lub xyoo no los ntawm kev sib tw snowboarding - tab sis nws cov tub ntxhais hluas tuaj yeem tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo tshaj plaws hauv nws qhov chaw thoob plaws lub caij nyoog.