'Gold medal' Choi Gaon was different from his childhood..Re-examination on "Oh My God"

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While snowboarder Choi Ga-on won his first gold medal at the Olympics, a video of his past appearance "Oh my God, this happened" has become a hot topic belatedly.

Choi Gaon scored 90.25 points in the women's halfpipe final of ski snowboarding at the 2026 Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics held at Lvigno Snowpark in Italy on the 13th (Korea time), beating Chloe Kim with 88.00 points.

He fell in the first period and was unable to stand up for a while and faced a dangerous situation. Injured, he fell in the second period and remained 11th out of 12 players, seemingly moving away from the medal table, but succeeded in a dramatic turnaround in the final third period.

As a result, Choi Ga-on became the first gold medal of the Korean team at the Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics and the first gold medal of Korean skiing in the winter Olympics.

As a result, his past is drawing attention again. Choi Ga-on appeared with his family on SBS's 'Oh My God This Happened' broadcast in 2017. At the time, he was the third of four siblings at the age of nine. He was introduced as a "shrew boarder," who was specialized in speed boarding and speed riding.

At the time, Jeon Yoon-gul, coach of the national snowboard youth team, said, "I'm in the second grade of elementary school, but I ride better than senior athletes. "If I continue to train and work hard, I think I will become a world-class player," he said.

Choi Ga-on said, "It's cool and fun, and people look at me (if I ride well)," and also revealed why he dreams of becoming a national player.

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