2-time Olympic champion Chloe Kim injures shoulder, 'trying to stay optimistic' for Italy

LAAX, Switzerland (AP) — American snowboarding star Chloe Kim said Thursday that she took “the silliest fall” in training and dislocated her shoulder, threatening her chance to win a third straight gold medal at nex month's Winter Olympics in Italy. Kim posted video of the accident in Laax, Switzerland, earlier this week week as she practiced for a key Olympic tune-up there next weekend. She tumbled to the snow and went skittering across the halfpipe.She said she is “trying to stay optimistic” about competing at the Olympics but “I don't have much clarity now.” The 25-year-old Kim said she has an MRI scheduled for Friday that will reveal the extent of the damage. “The positive thing is, I have range, I'm not in that much pain, I just don't want it to keep popping out, which has happened,” she said. “I'm just trying to stay really optimistic. I feel really good about where my snowboarding is at right now, so I know the minute I get cleared and I'm good to go, I should be fine.”

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