Two-time Olympic gold medalist snowboarder Chloe Kim said Thursday that she dislocated her shoulder in training and doesn’t know whether she will be able to compete at the Winter Games in Italy next month.

Kim posted footage of her fall from earlier this week on the halfpipe in Laax, Switzerland, where the world’s top snowboarders compete later this month in a key pre-Olympic tune-up. She landed a jump cleanly but lost an edge and went skittering across the pipe, face down.

Kim, who did not say which shoulder she hurt, said she is “trying to stay optimistic” about competing at the Olympics but “I don’t have much clarity now.” The 25-year-old from Southern California said she had an MRI scheduled for Friday that will reveal the extent of the damage.

FIGURE SKATING

Ilia Malinin delivered such a flawless short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in St. Louis on Thursday night that it seemed to awe even himself, and it set the 21-year-old well on his way to a fourth straight title in his final tune-up for the Milan Cortina Olympics.

The two-time reigning world champion scored 115.10 points for his program.

That was nearly 25 clear of Tomoki Hiwatashi and even further ahead of third-place Jason Brown.

While scores at nationals are typically inflated, Malinin nevertheless shattered the world-best this season of 108.87 that he set at the Lombardia Trophy. And he was nearly five points better than his own winning short program at nationals last year.

“I felt really good,” Malinin said, “and everything seemed to flow really well.”

Fresh off his third straight Grand Prix Final title, the wunderkind nicknamed the “Quad God” opened with a brilliant quad flip, then seemed to dance into the triple axel that vexes so many others. He finished his jumping passes with a quad lutz-triple toe loop, then added a fan-favorite backflip and his signature “raspberry twist” to bring the crowd to its feet.

Malinin has won everything he has entered since the 2023 worlds with the exception of one Grand Prix, where he finished second. In most of those events, the only real competition Malinin had was his own stubborn pursuit of perfection.

He was skipped over for the Olympic team four years ago in Beijing, primarily due to his age and inexperience. But he’s a lock to be on this year’s team when it is announced Sunday, and the big question is which two men will join him.

Hiwatashi, 25, who was sixth at nationals last year, has been on an upward trajectory all season. He was fourth at the Cup of China, and his score of 89.26 on Thursday left him in podium position ahead of Saturday night’s free skate.

Brown, who is trying to make his third Olympic team, doesn’t have the big jumps of Malinin and other young skaters, but he makes up for it with sublime skating quality. With a refreshed version of his iconic “Riverdance” program, the 31-year-old Irish jigged his way to a score of 88.49, putting him in position for a ninth top-three finish at the national championships.

WNBA

The WNBA and its players’ union will not agree to another collective bargaining agreement extension after the current deadline passes tonight, WNBPA vice president Breanna Stewart said.

That does not mean players will strike or the league will lock them out. Stewart told reporters at an Unrivaled practice that the players would continue to negotiate in good faith.

NHL

Jalen Chatfield’s first goal of the season was a tiebreaker and goalie Frederik Andersen snapped a personal nine-game losing streak as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Ducks 5-2 on Thursday night in Raleigh, N.C.

The Ducks have lost eight consecutive games (0-7-1) going into the finale of a four-game road trip today at Buffalo.

Chatfield, a defenseman playing in his 300th career game, scored during the Hurricanes’ three-goal second period. He also had an assist.

Logan Stankoven and Taylor Hall each had a goal and an assist, and Mark Jankowski and Jackson Blake also scored for the Hurricanes, who won their third straight. Andersen made 11 saves for his first victory since Nov. 6. He had gone 0-7-2 during his winless stretch.

Ryan Poehling and Mikael Granlund scored for the Ducks. Ville Husso stopped 30 shots.

The Ducks had leads in each of the first two periods.

Ducks winger Troy Terry, who shares the team lead with 42 points, missed his first game of the season due to an upper-body injury but isn’t expected to be sidelined for an extended period.

BASEBALL

The Dodgers reached agreement on one-year contracts with their remaining arbitration-eligible players, outfielder Alex Call, lefty Anthony Banda and right-hander Brock Stewart.

Banda will make $1.625 million in 2026. Call will make $1.6 million and Stewart will get $1.3 million. They join relief pitchers Brusdar Graterol ($2.8 million) and Alex Vesia (a $3.55 million option exercised by the Dodgers) in avoiding arbitration this winter.

The moves leave the Dodgers without an arbitration hearing for the sixth year in a row.

— Bill Plunkett

SOCCER

Canadian forward Jacob Shaffelburg is set to undergo surgery to repair a degenerative issue in his groin less than two weeks after being acquired by the Los Angeles Football Club.

The upcoming procedure, scheduled for next Friday, was announced by LAFC.

Shaffelburg’s injury was discovered during his intake, LAFC confirmed following a trade with Nashville SC on Dec. 29 that swapped $1 million in General Allocation Money, evenly split between 2026 and 2027, for the fleet-a-foot attacker.

The 26-year-old winger is expected to miss the first four matches of LAFC’s MLS regular season as well as the early rounds of the CONCACAF Champions Cup over an approximate eight-week recovery.

— Josh Gross