US snowboard star Kim stays on track for Olympic hat-trick

Kim, who had an injury-disrupted build-up to the Milan-Cortina Games, shot to the top of the qualifying times with a score of 90.25 on her first run. Japan's Sara Shimizu, who won silver at last year's world championships, was second on the charts after posting 87.50 in the second of her two runs. America's Maddie Mastro was in third spot with a score of 86.00, followed by another Japanese athlete, Rise Kudo (84.75). Chinese veteran Liu Jiayu, the silver medallist at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games...