The American star triumphed in the women’s halfpipe competition at the Snowboard and Freeski World Championships last week in the city.

Kim continued her impressive form by producing a strong first run at the Buttermilk Halfpipe venue, with the judges awarding her a score of 93.25.

The score was enough to head the leaderboard, with Spain’s Queralt Castellet placing second on 91.50.

The top three was completed by Maddie Mastro on 86.50.

Japan saw four of their snowboarders advance to the eight athlete final, with Sena Tomita, Haruna Matsumoto, Kurumi Imai and Mitsuki Ono progressing.

Canada’s Elizabeth Hosking also advanced.

The star attraction in men’s qualification was American Shaun White, with the Olympic champion making his return to the circuit for the first time since Pyeongchang 2018.

White qualified in second place with a score of 91.50.

The top qualifier was Japan’s newly crowned world champion Yuto Totsuka, who scored 94.25.

In third was David Habluetzel of Switzerland with 88.00, with Andre Hoeflich of Germany fourth with 86.50 and Taylor Gold fifth with 84.50.

China’s Gu Ailing, the freeski slopestyle and halfpipe gold medallist at the World Championships, starred again at the World Cup.

Gu led the women’s freeski slopestyle qualification, achieving a score of 86.50.

Britain’s Kirsty Muir and Russia’s Anastasia Tatalina completed the top three in qualification, scoring 81.94 and 78.83 respectively.

In the men's freeski slopestyle qualification, heat one was topped by American Mac Forehand with 95.00.

In second was Ferdinand Dahl of Norway with 93.50 while third place went to Colin Wili of Switzerland with 92.25.

In heat two, the top qualifier was Teal Harle of Canada with 93.25.

In second was Colby Stevenson of the United States with 88.25, while third went to Evan McEachran of Canada with 87.50.