Chloe Kim fell on her first big trick in competition in 22 months. Less than an hour later, she won the Laax Open, kicking off a yearlong run-up to the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Kim prevailed with 89.75 points on her second of two runs, landing a frontside 1080.
Kim is the only woman capable of landing back-to-back 1080s, a combination that she didn’t attempt in her first contest since the March 2019 Burton U.S. Open.
She was in fifth place of six riders in the first run on Saturday, falling on her first frontside 1080 attempt.