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Chloe Kim had her largest fan by her facet on the 2026 Winter Olympics — her NFL star boyfriend Myles Garrett.
The 25-year-old three-time Olympic medalist — who added a silver in ladies’s halfpipe to her assortment on Thursday, Feb. 12 — was grinning from ear-to-ear each on the rostrum, as she obtained her new medal, and as she shared a candy kiss with Garrett, 30, within the crowd.
Garrett, who was decked out in a jacket that includes an enormous picture of Kim, watched with an enormous smile on his face as his snowboarder girlfriend snagged her second-place end with a finest rating of 88.00, simply narrowly behind first-place finisher Gaon Choi of South Korea.
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The defensive finish for the Cleveland Browns additionally performed double responsibility as an official photographer, snapping photos with an extended lens as she pulled off bottom 720s and double cork 1080s.
Although Kim had been trying to three-peat, and change into the primary particular person to win three-straight gold medals in ladies’s halfpipe, she was gracious and comfortable as Choi — who lists Kim as certainly one of her inspirations within the sport, gained.
Kim was additionally coming off an damage, after tearing her labrum in follow in January, only a few weeks earlier than the Olympics began.
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However she’s had Garrett’s help all the best way. The Browns star flew to Italy to see Kim compete simply days after attending the Tremendous Bowl and profitable Defensive Participant of the 12 months, and informed PEOPLE about his plans whereas on Radio Row on Feb. 6.
“I end up right here Sunday, get again for about 12 hours, after which I hit the street and go to see her,” he mentioned.
“We’re each simply so supportive of each other,” Garrett continued. “She’s at all times texting, she’s at all times calling to see how I am doing throughout the 12 months and I am doing the identical proper now, checking on her, seeing how she’s feeling, emotionally and bodily.”
Garrett added that he is “simply attempting to be her rock as a result of all year long she’s mine.”
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