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Bea Kim looked up to Chloe Kim. Now they're teammates at Winter Olympics.
LIVIGNO, Italy – The 19-year-old grabbed the microphone without hesitation, before looking to her right and her left at her older, more experienced teammates.
Assuredness is not something Bea Kim lacks, even if she is the newcomer on the United States’ women’s halfpipe team, which includes Chloe Kim – the event’s back-to-back Olympic champion – three-time Olympian Maddie Mastro and 31-year-old Maddy Schaffrick.
At the group’s news conference in the Italian Alps ahead of their qualifying round at these 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, the last question revolved around President Donald Trump’s criticism of men’s free skier Hunter Hess over Hess' pre-Games comments about representing the United States (Trump did not properly reflect what Hess said). It’s a hot-button topic, one that can ignite social media and reach the halls of the West Wing. Shying away would have been a normal response.
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Now Introducing Bea Kim: Team USA's Youngest Halfpipe Rider
It was a Sunday in late January, and Bea Kim had a long day of media ahead of her. That’s not how most people would celebrate their 19th birthday, but Kim celebrated with her family and friends back home in California the day before. How’d she celebrate? A dinner that featured some Mediterranean food.“Which was delish,” she said during our phone call. “And so many desserts. It was like, actually unreal.”Earlier that week, Kim learned that she had solidified her spot on the U.S. Olympic Women’s Halfpipe team. For the first time in her career, she was headed to the Olympics. But in that current moment, with about a week to go before she actually flew over from Italy, reality hadn’t quite set in.
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