Snowboarding-Olympic champion Kim to take break for mental health


FILE PHOTO: 2022 Beijing Olympics - Victory Ceremony - Women's Snowboard Halfpipe - Zhangjiakou Medals Plaza, Zhangjiakou, China - February 10, 2022. Gold medallist, Chloe Kim of the United States celebrates on the podium. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

(Reuters) - Double Olympic snowboarding champion Chloe Kim said she will sit out the 2022-23 season to focus on her mental health after a "draining" year.

The American became the youngest woman to claim an Olympic gold in snowboarding when she won the halfpipe at the 2018 Winter Games as a 17-year-old, and defended her title in Beijing earlier this year.

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