Milan is nice, but I miss Korea so much. I’m leaving tomorrow evening, and I can’t wait to go back and eat the meal my grandmother made.” She was the picture of a typical teenage girl. Choi Ga-on, 18,

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.

It was a busy Day 6 of the Winter Olympic Games in Milan Cortina as Chloe Kim and Breezy Johnson went for gold and the fallout of the Ukrainian slider disqualification continued.

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.

For athletes at the ongoing 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics, a podium finish can come with six-figure checks.

Choi Ga-on of Sehwa Girls’ High School, who secured South Korea’s first gold medal at the 2026 Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter Olympics, returned home on the 16th. Upon arriving, Choi shared her feelings about winning gold and returning: “Until just yesterday,

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