After falling on her final run, United States snowboarding star Chloe Kim was stunned by South Korea's 17-year-old Gaon Choi, who scored over 90 to win gold.

Choi Gaon, a South Korean athlete, has secured a gold medal in the women's halfpipe snowboard at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, leaving behind her mentor and idol, Chloe Kim. On Thursday, February 12, South Korea secured their first gold medal, and the 17-year-old snatched the honour after taking a nasty fall.

Choi Ga-on, Sehwa Girls' High School, has achieved the historic feat of winning South Korea's first-ever Winter Olympic gold medal in skiing. Amid this accomplishment, broadcast footage of her past appearance with her family is being revisited.

Korea's Gaon Choi, 17, rebounded from a hard fall to win gold — and end her role model's historic bid for three in a row in the Winter Olympic halfpipe.

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Some might say the seeds of an Olympic-sized surprise in snowboarding were planted a month ago. That’s when Chloe Kim went skittering down a halfpipe in Switzerland, smashing her shoulder and turning her run for a third straight gold medal into a less-than-perfect scramble.

"Amid pressing international conflicts, the Olympics is one of the most significant geopolitical events of the year."

Two South Korean Olympic skiers were caught using an illegal substance on their equipment, leading to their disqualification.

Brignone shrugged off difficult, foggy conditions to win her fourth career Olympic medal and become, at 35, the oldest female gold medalist in women’s Alpine skiing. Romane Miradoli of France took silver, and Cornelia Huetter of Austria got bronze.

Choi Ga-on, 18, Sehwa Girls’ High School, who made her name on the international stage early, won South Korea’s first-ever gold medal in skiing and snowboarding at her first Olympic Games. Choi Ga-on recorded 90.