"Oh my gosh." Choi Gaon Yu-ryu → The board is turned upside down! Chloe Kim's 'overwhelming' skills led to a large number of gamblers leaving "CHOI on the verge of winning." [Milan Olympics]

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A huge dark cloud hung in front of Choi Ga-on (18, Sehwa Girls' High School), a "genius girl" who is aiming for the first Olympic gold medal in Korean snow sports. The global betting market is fluctuating due to the overwhelming performance of "emperor" Chloe Kim (26, USA), who is trying to win three consecutive Olympics, in the preliminary round through a shoulder injury.

Choi Ga-on was ranked 6th out of 24 in the women's snowboard halfpipe preliminaries at the 2026 Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics held at Lvigno Snow Park in Italy on the 11th (Korea time).

This made it to the final round, which is given to the top 12 players. Choi Ga-on is now aiming to win a medal in the final at 3:30 a.m. on the 13th.

Ahead of the preliminary round, the overall prediction was that Choi Ga-on was the gold medal candidate. It was widely believed that Choi Ga-on, who won three World Cups this season, was ahead of Chloe Kim in momentum. Chloe Kim was worried that she was not in normal condition in the aftermath of her shoulder injury in January.

But when I opened the lid, it completely missed my expectations. From the first period, Chloe Kim advanced to the final with an overwhelming score of 90.25 points. He was 8 points apart from Choi Ga-on.

As soon as the preliminary round was over, major overseas betting companies adjusted their expected dividend rates. Before the competition, Choi Ga-on and Chloe Kim formed a "two-tier" structure, showing that Choi Ga-on was slightly ahead, but Chloe Kim's chances of winning surged immediately after the qualifying round.

According to Ozchecker, a betting information site, overseas sports betting companies viewed Chloe Kim's chances of winning a gold medal as of the 12th, ahead of the final round. Bet MGM set a 1.3x dividend, with most companies paying between 1.5x and 1.7x dividends. On the other hand, Choi Ga-on's winning dividend rose from 4.5 to 5 times.

Despite this prospect, Choi Ga-on was determined. Immediately after the preliminary round, Choi Ga-on said in an interview with JTBC, a broadcasting broadcaster, "I haven't shown half of my skills yet. In the preliminary round, I did a light technique with the feeling of only going to the final," he said.

In fact, Choi Ga-on is a "master of reversal" who has made all three wins this season a reversal in the second period. Some analysts say that the performance of sixth place in the preliminary round could be a catalyst to ease the psychological burden in the final round.

As gamblers around the world predicted, whether Chloe Kim will write a milestone of winning three consecutive Olympics or Choi Ga-on, who became an "underdog" after the preliminary round, will turn the tables again to achieve a "golden reversal," and the final round of fate will take place from 3:30 a.m. on the 13th.

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