Four years ago, 13-year-old Chloe Kim qualified for the 2014 Sochi Olympics in the halfpipe event. Unfortunately, she was too young to compete at the time.
Chloe Kim was too young to compete in the Sochi olympics because she was 13. Now she’s 17 and she is absolutely crushing it. Don’t miss this great NYT interactive about her: https://t.co/VSUVfI2S5v
— 🌶 kade 🌶 (@onekade) February 13, 2018
In 2016, she became the first woman to land back-to-back 1080s at the U.S. Grand Prix in 2016.
This year, at 17, Kim was finally old enough to compete at the Olympics, gaining fans with her adorable tweets about churros and ice cream.
Oh and I also had 2 churros today and they were pretty bomb so if you ever get nervous go eat a churro
— Chloe Kim (@chloekimsnow) February 11, 2018
Could be down for some ice cream rn
— Chloe Kim (@chloekimsnow) February 12, 2018
Today, Kim is the proud owner of her first Olympic Gold Medal.
Chloe Kim has thrown down the HAMMER with her first run. #WinterOlympics https://t.co/D65Nuoyydu pic.twitter.com/r6UJ7df38X
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 13, 2018
ICYMI: @ChloeKimsnow stomps her final run with back to back 1080’s for a score of 98.25! 🥇 pic.twitter.com/LEYE0TbTpf
— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) February 13, 2018
GOLD for Chloe Kim! The 17-year-old has done it for Team USA in the women’s snowboard halfpipe! #BestOfUS #WinterOlympics https://t.co/D65Nuoyydu pic.twitter.com/PtMvQ45SLh
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 13, 2018
Chloe Kim, who the S. Korean media has basically adopted as their very own, wipes away tears as she accepts the gold medal—er, stuffed tiger—on the podium. pic.twitter.com/fv2z1EWno9
— Jonathan Cheng (@JChengWSJ) February 13, 2018
On her first run of the day, she racked up a score 93.75, immediately bringing her into first place. None of the other competitors were able to catch up to her after that. By her third run, she even managed to beat out her her initial score with a 98.25 while landing back-to-back 1080s.
What’s more impressive is that Kim even found time to tweet about being hangry literally in the middle of competition.
Wish I finished my breakfast sandwich but my stubborn self decided not to and now I’m getting hangry
— Chloe Kim (@chloekimsnow) February 13, 2018
Congrats Chloe Kim! Your father must be extremely proud!
Chloe Kim’s father says this made all his sacrifice worth it. Pointed to himself, said “American dream!” and whooped. #pyeongchang2018
— Jake Seiner (@Jake_Seiner) February 13, 2018
I hate crying but I'll give myself a pass for this one. Thank you everyone for the love! Stoked to bring home the gold pic.twitter.com/vxApf1lxbI
— Chloe Kim (@chloekimsnow) February 13, 2018
Journalist Sung Min Kim, based in South Korea, also gave us an important reminder about Chloe’s incredible achievement:
Reminder that Chloe Kim is a 1st-generation Korean-American whose parents were immigrants from Korea. She is a phenom, the best at what she does, and the glory goes towards the U.S. because her parents were able to settle down in America.
Protect and embrace immigrants.
— Sung Min Kim (@sung_minkim) February 13, 2018
Feature Image via Instagram / chloekimsnow
