She Competed Against her Mentor for Gold 😢🥇| Chloe Kim, Choi Ga-on

She had to compete against her hero and mentor for gold. Because 17-year-old Choi Ga-eun was inspired to start snowboarding after watching Chloe Kim win back-to-back gold medals in the halfpipe. And at the 2026 Winter Olympics, while Chloe was going for her third straight gold, Choi would be competing for her first gold.

But after two runs, Choi was in last place.

900.

Frontside 1080 and makes contact.

If Choi wanted to win gold, her final run would need to be special.

Another 900. Whoa, this run's coming together. Switch backside, 9. That was an amazing run. And here's the score.

90.25.

Choi moved into first place, but the reigning Olympic champion still had one more run left.

First up for Choi's team.

Even though Chloe lost, she wasn't upset, Even though Chloe lost, she wasn't upset, because the person she lost to was her student.