LIVIGNO, Italy — While the snow blanketed the late-evening sky deep in the Italian Alps and, one after another, the best female snowboarders on the planet kept slipping, skidding and crashing out, Chloe Kim wrestled with her shot at history.

American Chloe Kim had a chance to become the first snowboarder to win three straight golds at the Olympics, a feat not even Shaun White accomplished, but came up short.

Yahoo Sports' Dan Wolken recaps the women’s halfpipe final that saw Choi Gaon upset Chloe Kim and win a gold medal.

Right before the two-time Olympic gold medalist went for a third at the Milano Cortina Games, the Cleveland Browns superstar showed up with a crazy Kim fit.

Mammoth Lakes has long been revered as one of the top training grounds for winter sports athletes destined for Olympic glory.