Before the first round of the final, Chloe King knocked on her snowboard as usual, and "knocking on the wood for good luck" was a necessary ritual before Chloe entered the competition. On February 10, in the final of the snowboarding U-shaped field at the Beijing Winter Olympics, The United States' Chloe King won the championship with 94.00 points, Spain's veteran Castellet was runner-up, and Japan's Tomita Seta won the bronze medal.
Successfully defended the Winter Olympic Champion
A total of 12 runners participated in the final, each with 3 chances to glide. In the first round, Chloe was relaxed, and she made two difficult moves of 1080 degrees in the taxi, and successfully reached the finish line. After reaching the finish line, Chloe sat on the ground excitedly, and this round ended up with a super high score of 94.00 points, a full 8.00 points higher than the second place.
In the second slide, Chloe King slammed the back foot into a 1260-degree ultra-difficult move, but unfortunately there was a mistake. After the mistake, she returned to the end area, and she also hugged Gu Ailing, who came to the scene, and the two of them were very good friends. In the third slide, Chloe King attacked her consecutive 1080-degree turn at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics and made another mistake. But that didn't stop her from winning the championship with her first round of gliding.
In the mixed interview area after the game, Chloe King bluntly said that today was really crazy, because she successfully defended the title at the age of 22, she said: "Today was fantastic for me, my excitement and nervousness coexisted, I am only 21 years old, and I will continue to impact in the future. Thank you to all who supported me today, thank you! My family sent me a lot of messages, and I'm sorry they couldn't come here with me, but I could feel their love from afar. I look forward to coming home to see my family, my dog, and my boyfriend. ”
Both gold medals were awarded after the game with snacks
After the interview in the mixed mining area, Chloe King soon came to the press conference. At the press conference, Chloe said very cutely, "I'm really sorry, I'm hungry now, I don't know if there are snacks here." The scene was full of laughter, and media reporters and staff began to pull out their pockets to feed. However, Chloe quickly remembered that she should not take off her mask, so she had to put snacks aside. After the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, Chloe King said to the camera, "I want ice cream." Four years later, although she is four years older, it seems that she still enjoys snacking.
Chloe said: "Defending the Winter Olympic champion, I feel too unreal. In the past four years, I have worked very hard, and some people may say that the final is nothing more than three times on the field, but what he does not know is how much effort I and my team, my family, etc. have put in behind the scenes. Regarding the future, I haven't thought about it yet, after all, the training and competition during this period are very intense, and I hope to have a good rest first. The other thing I want to talk about is that this part of the Beijing Winter Olympics is very beautiful, which will stimulate me to impact more difficult moves. Also all the staff, volunteers etc here are very kind and helped me a lot, I would like to thank them here. ”
Young and promising
Born in 2000, Chloe King began snowboarding at the age of 4, began participating in alpine skiing in the United States at the age of 6, and later traveled to Switzerland and the United States for snowboard training, accompanied by her father. Chloe's father, a Korean who came to the United States in the 1980s to study, once said, "My father gave up a lot to help me chase my dreams." At the age of 13, Chloe was selected for the U.S. snowboard team and won a bronze medal in the FIS Snowboard U-Pool World Cup in 2014. However, due to age restrictions, Chloe King was unable to participate in the Sochi Winter Olympics.
In 2015, Chloe King won the first XTREM gold medal of her career in Aspen, USA. In 2016, she won two gold medals in women's U-track and steeplechase at the Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.
In 2018, Chloe was able to participate in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics when she was not yet 18 years old. She made a 1080-degree turn in the third round of the competition, which was almost the ultimate in the women's U-pool event, and Chloe King won the gold medal undisputedly. After winning the Winter Olympics so strongly, Chloe King was nicknamed the "Big Devil" of the veneer U pool. At the same time, with this winning performance, she was awarded Time Magazine's 2018 Global Most Influential Person honor in April 2018. That same year, Chloe King won espy's 2018 Best Female Athlete, Best Female Extreme Athlete award, and Best Female Olympian.
This season, Chloe King suffered an injury and only started playing in the second half of the season. However, in the Lux World Cup in January this year, she still won the U-shaped field championship without suspense, allowing everyone to see her outstanding competitive status before the Winter Olympics.
Source Beijing Daily Client | Reporters Li Yuanfei, Chen Jiakun, Deng Fangjia, Li Ge, Pan Zhiwang
Editor: Xie Yongli
Process Editor Tai Shaofeng