Chloe Kim called her boyfriend, Myles Garrett, the best addition to her support system after her silver medal-winning performance at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Garrett has been a constant on the sidelines as the American snowboarder competed at her third Winter Olympics.
Kim and Garrett have been publicly together since their first appearance at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards in 2025, and they made their dating status official with a kiss at a Cleveland Browns game in November.
Chloe Kim Gushes Over Her Boyfriend After Olympic Silver Medal Finish
Kim was on top of the list after the qualifying round, earning 90.25, the only snowboarder to score above 90. She entered the finals as the frontrunner and took the lead in the first run, but South Korean Choi Ga-on outpaced her in the final run and took home the first Olympic snowboarding gold medal for her country.
The 25-year-old settled for silver with 88.00 and etched her name in the history books by becoming the first woman to medal at three Olympics. After the event, she joined a virtual interview on the Today show, where she couldn’t stop gushing about how her boyfriend has been her rock, especially when it comes to understanding the mindset of a professional athlete.
“He’s truly my best friend, and he’s such an amazing addition to my support system. It’s really special because I feel like he gets it. He gets what it’s like to be in this position. He gets what it’s like to be an athlete. He understands the pressure and all of that. So he’s been an amazing person, and yeah, he’s my rock, my best friend,” she said.
Kim was at the mouth of an Olympic dream-ending setback when she faced a shoulder injury just weeks before the Games. In an Instagram post, the 25-year-old shared that she was mentally in the ‘darkest space’ a month before and couldn’t imagine forging a comeback. She also said that landing her first run was the most validating thing she experienced after the setback.
The American also sent congratulatory notes to Japanese snowboarder Mitsuki Ono, who won the bronze medal in the women’s halfpipe finals. Kim boasts five Laax Open titles, becoming the first female in the sport to land a double cork 1080 in a halfpipe event at Laax 2025. Her resume also lists three World titles and eight X Games SuperPipe laurels.
In her first Olympics in 2018, Kim won the halfpipe gold and became the youngest to do so at 17.
