Olympic champion snowboarder Chloe Kim is unsure if she can compete in Italy after injuring shoulder

LAAX, Switzerland — Two-time Olympic gold medalist snowboarder Chloe Kim said Thursday that she dislocated her shoulder in training and doesn’t know whether she will be able to compete in the Winter Games next month in Italy.

Kim posted footage of her fall from earlier this week on the halfpipe in Laax, where the world’s top snowboarders compete later this month in a key pre-Olympic tune-up. She landed a jump cleanly but lost her edge and went skittering across the pipe face down.

She said she is “trying to stay optimistic” about competing in the Olympics but “I don’t have much clarity now.”

The 25-year-old Kim said she has an MRI scheduled for Friday that will reveal the extent of the damage.

“The positive thing is I have range,” she said. “I’m not in that much pain. I just don’t want it to keep popping out, which has happened.

“I’m just trying to stay really optimistic. I feel really good about where my snowboarding is at right now, so I know the minute I get cleared and I’m good to go, I should be fine.”

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