American Olympian Chloe Kim has come to Milan Cortina with a brutal shoulder injury. As she headed to the preliminary round of the women’s halfpipe on Wednesday, Olympic legend turned NBC’s Winter Olympics commentator, Shaun White was right there at the venue. That’s when the legend offered a look into Kim’s possible strategy to defend her gold medal at a time when her injury has already flagged concerns.

“It’s really impressive when that big score comes in and you get all those points. So I think today’s that day where you just want to put in a nice score,” Shaun White said during the broadcast.

“And hopefully Chloe’s on her way to finish first in this, which would drop her last in the finals tomorrow. So that’s like a strategy as well, is that you not only want to get through, but you want to have that last position, that final say on finals.”

And turns out, his words have proved right. Kim finished on top of the leaderboard in the qualifying round for the women’s snowboard halfpipe event, securing a score of 90.25. This will place her in last in the finals tomorrow an give her the advantage of having the “final say” ash she looks for that Olympic three-peat.

This will also allow her to get enough time in the final. Indeed, it become the saving grace for the American sensation who tore her labrum in January.

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As she heads to the finals on Thursday with this advantage, she feels quite confident.

“I feel good. Happy to be here. There is definitely a lot of pressure, but I do think that the Olympics are so special because we have so much support globally,” Kim said after topping the charts on Wednesday.

Now, she will be chasing that one accolade that even the legend Shaun White didn’t achieve in his career.

Chloe Kim is trying to do what Shaun White missed

“I’m standing at the top, one run to go, the world’s watching, my whole family’s here, everybody’s cheering for me, and I just put it down. Did what I knew I could do and what I’ve trained to do and it makes it all so worthwhile. I’m an Olympic gold medalist again. Wow,” Shaun White said, following his gold medal in the men’s halfpipe at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics.

He scored 97.75 points to achieve this feat, becoming the first snowboarder to achieve three gold medals in halfpipe. However, White didn’t achieve it in consecutive Games, leaving a certain record untouched.

Indeed, no snowboarder has ever achieved a three-peat in the halfpipe events, whether in men’s or women’s. However, this is where the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics gets interesting. The stage that will be set on the Livigno Snow Park will see 25-year-old Chloe Kim chasing that particular feat, trying to become the very first snowboarder to win three Olympic gold medals in a row.

This would be a huge challenge for her. But despite the complications she had because of her shoulder injury, Kim is pushing herself beyond her limits. Thus, many will be praying for her efforts to come to fruition on Thursday.