Kim, who will be 25 come the Milan Cortina Games, can become the first snowboarder to win the same Olympic event three times, if she isn’t beaten to it by Austrian Anna Gasser (big air) and Czech Ester Ledecka (parallel giant slalom).

Thursday marks one year until the opening ceremony of Milano Cortina 2026, but it's too early to say where Canada's Winter Olympic hopefuls stand in relation to the rest of the world. Here's a look at some of Canada's top hopefuls.