Chloe Kim dislocated her shoulder for the second time in a month while training in Switzerland.
The injury occurred less than a month before the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina.
Despite the setback, Kim remains optimistic about her recovery and snowboarding performance.
ASPEN, CO — For the second time in a month, Chloe Kim has dislocated her shoulder.
And with less than a month before the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina, the timing could not be any worse.
Kim posted a video Thursday on Instagram to announce the news, saying the injury occurred following the “silliest fall” during her second day of training before a pre-Olympic tune-up competition in Laax, Switzerland. She’s scheduled to undergo an MRI exam on Friday, she said.
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Kim previously dislocated her shoulder during a World Cup event in Copper Mountain, Colorado, in December.
“I have gone through so many waves of emotions I literally have a migraine,” she wrote in the Instagram caption. “The only thing I can do is rest/do everything in my power to come back as soon as possible.”
Kim also included footage of the fall. In the video, Kim said that she is not in much pain and still has range to move her arm.
“Obviously don’t want it to keep popping out, which has happened,” she said. “So yeah, trying to stay really optimistic, but I feel really good about where my snowboarding is at right now.
“The minute I’m cleared and good to go, it should be fine.”
Kim has long-clinched her spot in the Olympics based on the strength of her 2024-25 season. But any designs of a third straight halfpipe gold medal will deeply depend on her recovery before the women’s qualification on Feb. 11 in Livigno, Italy.
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