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
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
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.
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.
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