Another HERstory making event at the Winter Olympics.
On Tuesday in South Korea, 17-year-old Chloe Kim walked away the gold medalist in the women’s halfpipe event at the PyeongChang games. Not only did this win give the U.S. its THIRD gold medal of the Olympics, but the victory also made the teenage snowboarding phenom the youngest female medalist in Olympic snowboarding history.
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Color us impressed!! Be sure to ch-ch-check out her history making run for yourself (below) AND see her reaction to winning gold (also below).
Wow. Just, wow. What’s even more AH-Mazing is that the Olympian made her gold medal winning halfpipe run while hangry AF. She admitted on Twitter:
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
HIGHlarious! Understandably, Kim was emotional following her big win and even joked about it online:
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
LOVES it. And celebs on the internet certainly love Kim too, as many commented:
Well deserved tears. Huge congrats Legend.
— Josh Gad (@joshgad) February 13, 2018
I believe these #WinterOlympics snowboarders have a death wish. #chloekim you killed it girl.
— Sinbad (@sinbadbad) February 13, 2018
YAAAAAASSS!! Slay all Day!! @NBCOlympics @Olympics GO @chloekimsnow pic.twitter.com/0JRfxDIJZ6
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) February 13, 2018
WATCHING CHLOE KIM AUDIBLY SOBBING ON THIS JETBLUE FLIGHT N THEY THINK IM ON ACID. GOD BLESS THE USA GOD BLESS CHLOE KIM
— AWKWAFINA (@awkwafina) February 13, 2018
Hear! Hear!
Chloe wasn’t the only member of Team USA to earn a medal in snowboarding, as teammate Arielle Gold nabbed the bronze medal for the same event.
We couldn’t be prouder of these powerful ladies!! Way to go!!
[Image via Chloe Kim/Instagram.]
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