"With just one run left, Choi landed a switchback 900 off her first hit, a technical two-and-a-half-rotation trick taking off and landing on her nondominant foot. She followed it with a cab 720, which she went into with her nondominant foot, then performed two full rotations and landed on her dominant foot. See that trick broken down: A composite image shows Gaon Choi's second trick in her Olympic winning run, a cab 720."
"Choi, 17, slammed the halfpipe hard trying to land her cab 1080 during her first run. She launched out of the gates again on her second run, but fell for a second time after her first hit. But on her third run, Choi combined back-to-back 900s with clean execution and plenty of amplitude throughout. Despite an injured knee from the hard fall on her first run, she scored 90.25 on the third, enough to vault her to the top of the standings."
Gaon Choi overcame two earlier falls to win the women's Olympic halfpipe gold at age 17. She landed a switchback 900 and a cab 720 late in her final run, then executed back-to-back 900s with strong amplitude to earn a 90.25. Choi sustained a knee injury on her first-run crash but completed a decisive third run that vaulted her to first place. Chloe Kim took silver and became the first female snowboarder to land a cab double 1080 in an Olympic halfpipe final. Choi's technical tricks and high, clean landings secured the victory.
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