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Choi Ga-on takes first place in the Snowboard World Cup women's halfpipe preliminary round

Choi Ga-on being interviewed on his return to Korea in March this year

Choi Ga-on, a promising snowboarder who took first place with 98.33 points in the 2023 Dew Tour Women's Snowboard Superpipe division held in Copper Mountain, Colorado, USA, returned to Incheon International Airport on the 7th and met with reporters. Answering the question. 2023.3.7

Choi Ga-on (Sehwa Girls' Middle School) passed the International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard World Cup women's halfpipe preliminary round in first place.

Ga-on Choi took first place with a score of 96.00 in the 2023-2024 FIS Snowboard World Cup Women's Halfpipe Preliminary held at Copper Mountain, Colorado, USA on the 15th (Korean time).

Choi Ga-on, who scored 91.50 points in the first period, increased his score to 96.00 points in the second period. Even in the first period, Ga-on Choi's score of 91.50 was the highest score.

The score of Queralt Castelle (Spain), ranked second in the preliminary round, is 92.00 points. Castellet is the athlete who won the silver medal in this category at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, following Chloe Kim (USA).

The finals, in which the top eight preliminaries will compete, will be held at the same location on the 17th.

Ga-on Choi, born in 2008, reached the top of the women's halfpipe category at the FIS Junior World Championships in March 2022, and in January of this year, she set the record for the youngest ever winner in the superpipe category at the X Games, an extreme sports competition in the United States.

The previous record for the youngest win in the

Chloe Kim is a legend who won this category twice in a row at the 2018 Pyeongchang and 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

Choi Ga-on, a member of the Lotte Ski & Snowboard Team, the president of the Korean Ski Association, became the youngest winner of the U.S. Dew Tour Superpipe in February this year and was called a 'snowboarding prodigy'.

Choi Ga-on, who made his FIS World Cup debut through this tournament, was able to aim for victory in the final on the 17th.

Chaewoon Lee (Suri High School), who participated in the men's halfpipe preliminary round, received 80.75 points and advanced to the finals in third place.

Scotty James (Australia), silver medalist at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, ranked first in the preliminary round with 95.50 points.

Snowboard halfpipe is a competition in which judges score aerial performances such as turns and jumps on a semi-cylindrical slope to determine rankings.

World-class athletes such as Chloe Kim and Shaun White (USA) won Olympic gold medals in this event. 19가이드03