Chloe Kim goes for unprecedented snowboard halfpipe Olympic treble
The latest unexpected turn came just a month before the Games, when the 25-year-old American suffered a torn labrum in one shoulder in a fall in training.
"I haven't gotten nearly the amount of reps that I would have liked, but that's OK," Kim said in announcing one week later that she was "good to go" for the Olympics.
"It's funny I've been doing this for so long, and every season I've met different challenges," said Kim, who was making waves in the sport long before she captured her first Olympic gold, at 17, at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games.