Chloe Kim is Team USA’s new Olympic star. After being hyped as a likely medalist before the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang began, Kim led wire to wire in the women’s snowboard halfpipe finals Monday — nobody came close to her first-run score of 93.75, but she decided to lap the field on her final run and post a 98.25, beating the silver medalist by nearly 10 points.
She’s just 17 years old, so fans can expect to hear a lot more from Kim in the years to come. But fans also heard a lot from Kim’s Twitter account in the first several days of these Olympics.
Before scoring her 98.25 like it was no big deal, Kim tweeted this:
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
NBC even aired the tweet on screen during its live competition of the event.
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Of all athletes, it seems Olympians know how to enjoy themselves during an event. When New York Giants cornerback Eli Apple tweeted from the sideline during a game in December, he broke an NFL rule stating players and coaches can’t use social media starting 90 minutes before a game, and the team fined him. Where’s the fun in that?
Kim, meanwhile, has grown her fanbase both with her dominant snowboarding ability and with her use of social media that likely comes naturally to 17-year-olds like her. She’s charmed fans over the past week with these other frank, food-related tweets:
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
• Adam Zielonka can be reached at azielonka@washingtontimes.com.
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