By Giulia Segreti and Lisa Richwine LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb 3 (Reuters) - American Chloe Kim will aim for a third straight halfpipe gold medal as the Olympic snowboarding competitions begin on Thursday, promising breathtaking tricks and intense racing in the northern Italian town of Livigno.

Chloe Kim arrives at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on the brink of a historic third straight women's halfpipe gold, her decade-long snowboard dominance defined by as many twists as her gravity-defying tricks.

The United States' ski and snowboard team takes another step in naming its roster for the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.

Japan’s Hiroto Ogiwara stunned the world with the first-ever 2340 to win men’s snowboard big air last winter at X Games Aspen. Turns out, that was a script the 20-year-old didn’t feel like changing.

Inspired by witnessing Chloe Kim's historic gold medal run at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, halfpipe snowboarder Bea Kim has taken that spark and crafted it into a successful career as she prepares for her own Olympic debut at the Milan Cortina Games.

The normally chill athletes competing in the snowboard halfpipe competition are not stoked about the conditions of their mountain arena, and have called for officials to delay the event. That's definitely not going to happen, even after more than half the ...