""I feel like I'm not moving around as much," Kim said. "I feel like I'm much more steady because I literally can't move this arm as much as I normally would.""
""I feel confident," Kim said. "I feel really good about how I'm feeling physically and mentally, and I think that's the most important right now. ... I have all the pieces done and dialed so I just need to put everything all together.""
""It was a matter of me riding confidently and kind of faking it till I made it," Schaffrick said. "My attention, when it was in my shoulder and that instability or pain I was feeling, or awareness of my brace restricting me, that really held me back. When I just dropped into the rest of my body and me on my board, and felt that confidence, it didn't hold me back.""
Chloe Kim tore the labrum in her left shoulder about a month before the Olympics and returned to snowboarding roughly two weeks after the injury while wearing a restrictive brace. The limited arm movement has produced greater steadiness and preserved confidence, and Kim plans to debut a new run she has not yet completed in competition. Kim reports feeling physically and mentally ready and believes her elements are dialed and ready to be combined. Teammate Maddy Schaffrick dislocated her right shoulder in December, avoided surgery, struggled mentally with instability and a brace, and has regained confidence while preparing for her Olympic debut.
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