She won gold in the
womenâs snowboarding
halfpipe in 2018 â¦
as a
17-year-old,
then again in 2022
and now, at the
elderly age of 25,
Kim
is expected to
be one of the
biggest stars on the
U.S. team, going for
a
third-straight
top-of-the-podium
finish. But after
separating her
shoulder during a
training run in
early January, Kimâs
status for these
Olympics was thrown
up in the air. A
week later, though,
she said sheâs
good
to go, âjustâ having
torn the labrum in
her shoulder, and
Team USA
(and NBC)
breathed a
collective sigh. A
three-peat would
solidify Kim as
the
greatest her sport
has ever seen, if
sheâs not there
already, but
still
there will be
questions about her
health â maybe the
biggest
question
ahead of these
Olympic Games.