Chloe Kim will get 2026 Winter Olympics readability after scary fall

A torn labrum received’t maintain Chloe Kim from competing within the 2026 Olympics. 

The American snowboarding star mentioned she tore her labrum in an accident throughout coaching final week, however it received’t maintain her out of the Winter Video games in Italy subsequent month, confirming in an Instagram video on Tuesday that she will probably be “good to go.”

Kim mentioned she underwent an MRI on Friday, which revealed the harm wasn’t as extreme because it might have been, although it’ll maintain her from competing within the Laax Open in Switzerland. She additionally received’t be able to snowboard till proper earlier than the Olympics. 

In a publish final week, Kim shared a video of the autumn that injured her as she was coaching in Switzerland. 

She was going up the halfpipe when her snowboard appeared to catch onto one thing, and he or she fell ahead.

“The unhealthy information is that I tore my labrum,” she mentioned. “I’m not shocked by that. The excellent news is that I simply tore my labrum.” 

“I suppose there are two methods to do it, and the best way I did it’s much less extreme than the opposite, so I’m actually blissful about that,” she continued.

Kim is heading into the Olympics as a heavy favourite to win the ladies’s halfpipe competitors if she’s wholesome. 

The 25-year-old has already received gold within the halfpipe in 2018 in PyeongChang and 2022 in Beijing. 

Kim was attempting to stay constructive within the video as she mentioned the state of affairs. 

“Clearly, I’m actually upset that I can’t snowboard till proper earlier than the Olympics, which goes to be onerous,” she mentioned. “I haven’t gotten practically the quantity of reps I might’ve preferred, however that’s OK.”