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By EDDIE PELLS
LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Chloe Kim got the drama over early in
Olympic halfpipe qualifying Wednesday, nailing her first run on
the way to a top finish and a spot in the final where she'll go
for her third straight title.
Kim showed no signs of rust in her first contest since injuring
her shoulder four weeks ago — a setback that jeopardized her
status as the favorite coming into the Milan Cortina Games.
In fact, this looked like most halfpipe contests involving Kim
over the years: She jumped higher and did tougher tricks than
pretty much everyone, and her execution was close to flawless.
Kim's score of 90.25 in her first run was 2.5 better than
Japan's Sara Shimizu and 4.25 better than Kim's American
teammate, Maddie Mastro.
The contest was halted for about 10 minutes when China's Liu
Jiayu took a nasty fall toward the bottom of the halfpipe. Liu
was taken off on a stretcher and the Chinese team didn't offer
immediate word of her condition.
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