OlympicTalk · Jan 27, 2017
Chloe Kim’s winning streak at stake at X Games
Yevgenia Medvedeva wipes Yuna Kim off record books at EuropeansOlympic favorite Chloe Kim puts a year-long halfpipe winning streak on the line at Winter X Games on Saturday night.
Kim, 16, goes for her third straight title in Aspen, Colo., and her eighth straight halfpipe victory overall. The streak started at last year’s X Games, where Kim scored 95 points to easily top Olympian Arielle Gold, who tallied 85.
Kim continued to rack up comfortable victories since (runner-up’s score):
2016 Park City Grand Prix — 100 points (Maddie Mastro, 92)
2016 Youth Olympics — 96.5 points (Emily Arthur, 90)
2016 X Games Oslo — 98 points (Kelly Clark, 82.33)
2016 U.S. Open — 89.37 points (Cai Xuetong, 82.99)