Ob-Lub Sijhawm Olympic Kub Medalist Chloe Kim Yog Kev Txhim Kho Cov Poj Niam Snowboarding Rau Kev Loj Hlob

Chloe Kim poob rau ob ntawm nws peb qhov kev sib tw hauv Olympic poj niam lub caij ntuj no ib nrab ntawm qhov kawg - tab sis nws tsis ua li cas.

Hauv nws thawj qhov kev khiav ntawm hnub Wednesday yav tsaus ntuj zaum kawg (Thursday sawv ntxov hauv Suav teb), Kim tau tso qhov kev sib tw zoo tshaj plaws ntawm tag nrho cov kev sib tw, tau qhab nia 94 nrog rau txoj kev loj loj, pem hauv ntej 1080 tailgrab, cab 900, hloov backside 540 thiab ua tiav nrog lub tsheb tavxij. 1080.

Ib qho kev xav Kim hais rau NBC lub koob yees duab tshaj tawm tias nws tau tawm ntawm "kev coj ua phem tshaj plaws ntawm [nws] lub neej." Nws los kua muag ntawm kev xyiv fab thiab kev nplij siab.

Tsis muaj lwm tus poj niam yuav phim Kim tus qhab nia; qhov ze tshaj plaws yog tus yeej nyiaj txiag Queralt Castellet's 90.25 ntawm nws qhov kev sib tw thib ob. Nyiv lub Sena Tomita, uas nws khiav kuj tseem featured 1080, sib npaug tawm lub podium nrog bronze.

Kim tau los ua thawj tus poj niam los yeej rov qab-rau-rov qab Olympic snowboard halfpipe kub medals. Txij li thaum qhov kev qhuab qhia thawj zaug ntawm Nagano 1998 kev ua si, cov neeg yeej kub tau suav nrog lub teb chaws Yelemees Nicola Thost; Tebchaws Asmeskas Kelly Clark ntawm Salt Lake 2002 thiab Hannah Teter ntawm Torino 2006, Australia's Torah Bright ntawm Vancouver 2010 thiab Tebchaws Asmeskas Kaitlyn Farrington hauv Sochi 2014.

Tom qab ntawd, Kim thiab Kim.

Kim tus puav pheej kub tsuas yog lub tebchaws United States thib ob ntawm cov Games; snowboardcross qub tub rog Lindsey Jacobellis yeej thawj zaug ua ntej hnub Wednesday.

Nyob rau hauv thawj qhov chaw nrog ib tug yooj yim coj tom qab uas thawj zaug khiav tawm Kim nyob rau hauv nws thib ob thiab thib peb khiav tsis txhob txhawj txog kev tso down lub feem ntau technical thiab ceev faj khiav - ntaus tag nrho cov ntaus cov neeg txiav txim nrhiav, xws li amplitude, nyuaj, ntau yam, kev ua, thiab kev vam meej. Hloov chaw, nws tsom mus rau qhov kawg ntawm lub ntsiab lus - kev loj hlob.

Tsis muaj ib tug poj niam puas tau tsaws 1260 hauv kev sib tw halfpipe. Kim txiav txim siab sim thiab ua thawj.

Txhua lub caij, Kim tau thuam tias nws muaj peb yam tshiab uas nws cia siab tias yuav muab tso rau hauv kev sib tw khiav. Peb paub tias ib tug ntawm lawv yog frontside ob chav cork 1080 - tib yam ua kom yuam kev nws pib nws qhov kev sib tw kub-khiav nrog rau hnub Wednesday zaum kawg, tab sis ntxiv ob qhov tawm-axis flips rau nws. Nws tau tsaws qhov ntawd thawj zaug hauv kev cob qhia camp hauv Saas-Fee, Switzerland, lub Kaum Hlis no.

Lwm qhov, peb paub tam sim no, yog 1260.

Tom qab nws thawj zaug khiav, Kim raug ntes ntawm lub koob yees duab qhia nws tus kws qhia US snowboard team, Rick Bower, nws yuav mus "10, tom qab ntawd 12." Qhov ntawd tsuas yog txhais tau tias ib yam - tom qab nws pem hauv ntej 1080, nws yuav sim rau 1260.

Cov poj niam ib nrab ntawm kev caij snowboarding tau nce sai heev hauv plaub lub xyoos dhau los - nrog Kim coj txoj hauv kev. Kim tsaws rau pem hauv ntej 1260 thawj zaug hauv kev xyaum hauv 2018.

Tom qab nws Pyeongchang 2018 yeej, thiab qhov tseeb dhau los ntawm Beijing 2022 Games, Kim tsis tas yuav tsum tso tseg rov qab mus rau 1080s dua kom yeej qhov kev sib tw ib nrab. Nws tseem yog tib tug poj niam uas tau tsaws nws.

Tab sis kev vam meej tau nce mus rau lwm txoj hauv kev. Xyoo 2018, Kim tus phooj ywg Asmeskas cov neeg caij snowboard Maddie Mastro, uas tseem suav tias yog California's Mammoth Roob nws lub tsev hauv paus, tau los ua thawj tus poj niam los tsaws ob npaug (ob lub nraub qaum). Thaum lub Kaum Ib Hlis 2021, ib hlis tom qab Kim tau los ua thawj tus poj niam tsaws rau pem hauv ntej ob 1080, Mastro tau tsaws nws ib yam.

Nws yog qhov ua kom yuam kev-taw qhia Mastro txoj kev cia siab los tsaws tus neeg mob ob leeg lossis ob sab pem hauv ntej 1080 ntawm Kev Ua Si thiab qhia lub ntiaj teb li cas cov poj niam snowboarding siab tuaj yeem nce siab. Tab sis nws tsis muaj peev xwm ua kom nws tawm ntawm qhov kev tsim nyog - qhov tseeb, Kim yog tib tug poj niam Asmeskas hauv 12 tus neeg caij tsheb zaum kawg.

Kim tsis tau tsaws ib qho ntawm nws qhov kev sim ntawm lub cab 1260. Tab sis lub gauntlet tau muab pov tseg. Nws yuav tsis xav tsis thoob thaum pom thawj tus tsaws zoo ua ntej Milano Cortina 2026 Games.

Tom qab tsim nyog rau hnub Tuesday, Kim hais rau NBC Sports nws tsis paub meej tias nws yuav ua ntau npaum li cas Olympics. Kim txoj kev sib raug zoo nrog kev sib tw snowboarding thiab tsom teeb pom kev zoo tau tshaj tawm; Nws siv ze li ob xyoos ntawm kev ua si tom qab nws thawj Olympics hauv 2018.

Thaum nws rov qab los rau lub Ib Hlis 2020, nws tseem nyob ntawm qhov kev ua si. Nws zoo li nws yeej tsis tau ncaim mus. Nws ua tiav thawj zaug thaum Lub Ib Hlis 2020 Laax Qhib, X Games Aspen, kev sib tw ntiaj teb thiab Aspen Grand Prix. Lub caij no, nws ua tiav thawj zaug ntawm Dew Ncig Saib thiab ntxiv ntawm Laax.

Hais lus rau NBC tom qab nws yeej, Kim tau hais tias kev nce qib "tseem ceeb heev." Nws tsuas yog tsaws lub cab 1260 ib zaug hauv Beijing thaum xyaum. Kim hais tias "Kuv ua siab ncaj txaus siab rau kuv tus kheej rau txawm tias tawm mus thiab sim ua nws, nws yog qhov ua kom yuam kev tshiab," Kim hais. “Kuv yeej tos ntsoov yuav muaj peev xwm tsaws nws. Tej zaum nyob rau tom ntej. "

Kev nce qib feem ntau tshwm sim thaum cov neeg caij tsheb raug yuam kom sim cov tswv yim tshiab los tsaws ntawm lub podium. Ntawm 2018 Kev Ua Si, Shaun White muaj npe nrov tau sim-thiab tsaws-rov qab-rov qab ob zaug 1440s thawj zaug hauv nws kev sib ntaus sib tua nrog Nyiv Ayumu Hirano kom ruaj ntseg kub.

Tab sis Kim xav ua dab tsi nyob rau hnub Wednesday tsaus ntuj qhov kawg ntawm kev nce qib rau kev vam meej. Sim ua ib qho kev ua yuam kev tshiab uas nws tsis tau kawm ntau yog txaus ntshai, thiab qhov qhab nia tsis xav kom nws ua.

Yog vim li ntawd nws thiaj li tshwj xeeb.

Kim yuav tsum txiav txim siab uas yog rau nws txog qhov seem ntawm nws txoj haujlwm yuav zoo li cas. Nws tau hais rau NBC tias nws nyob hauv "qhov chaw zoo dua" tam sim no dua li nws tau tom qab nws thawj Olympic kub, thiab muaj lub tswv yim zoo dua ntawm qhov xav tau.

Lub ntiaj teb paub meej yuav nyiam pom qhov nws qhov khoom plig kub uas tsim nyog yuav zoo li ntawm Milano Cortina 2026.