Following Beijing’s sterile and soulless fortnight in 2022, the Milan-Cortina Games represent a return to what has passed for normal in a time of geopolitical upheaval and climate change.

Kim, who will be 25 come the Milan Cortina Games, can become the first snowboarder to win the same Olympic event three times, if she isn’t beaten to it by Austrian Anna Gasser (big air) and Czech Ester Ledecka (parallel giant slalom).

For the first time in the history of the Olympics, two cities will share hosting duties in 2026. The XXV Olympic Winter Games will take place from February 6 through February 22, 2026.