At the Beijing Winter Olympics women's snowboard U-shaped track skill final this morning, Chloe Kim, a 21-year-old Korean-American, made history with his outstanding performance, becoming the first athlete in the project to win gold in two consecutive Olympic games!
Chloe King delivered a high score of 94.00 points with 1080 degree skills in the first round, laying a leading edge that was difficult for the other 11 players to surpass, and after the 1260 degree challenge failed in the second round, Gu Ailing, a good friend who watched the race in the finish area and a gold medalist of the Chinese Xinke Winter Olympics, gave her a hug, although the third round challenge still ended in failure, Chloe Jin's performance was still ahead of the group of females, and finally successfully defended the title.
Reading this, you may wonder how the bird sports, which has always reported on golf, could have written a Winter Olympic war report for a girl who played snowboard.
Chloe King was the cover character for Time magazine's Olympic Preview
The reason is that on the eve of the Winter Olympics, she publicly "called" Tiger Woods!
And it's not skiing, it's about challenging the tigers – golf
Make no mistake, right?!
In an interview video released by Time magazine on Feb. 4, the opening day of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Chloe King, with his trademark affinity smile, said that one day, he would love to meet Woods on the fairway.
Chloe King calls Woods of the golf course "be careful"
"My boyfriend is a golfer. He played with me and I found myself a little talented in golf. I'm not familiar with other golfers, but Tiger Woods, he has to be careful. She told Time magazine.
Leaving aside the need not to worry about the tiger, at this point, Chloe King himself laughed.
Obviously, no rational amateur golfer would easily challenge an 82 PGA Tour champion or 15 Grand Slam winners. Chloe King's delusional quick talk is more like the ignorant fearlessness of a rookie golfer. Because moments later, she launched a "declaration of war" against Serena Williams, the queen of tennis...
Chloe King was only familiar with Woods, a golf star
This kind of boldness is staggering. When a Time magazine reporter asked Chloe King how she knew she had talents such as golf and tennis, she couldn't stop smiling. "I know I'm good at these sports." She replied, "Because I'm just good at all kinds of sports." ”
If Chloe King had picked up a children's club, or a tennis racket, not a ski at the age of 5, there is no doubt that her extraordinary athletic talent would most likely make her another Gao Baojing or Naomi Osaka... However, the first time Chloe King played golf, she was already 19 years old, and she was even injured that day, which once affected her Olympic preparations.
"The first time I played golf was all for fun, but unfortunately I strained my back." When I participated in an entertainment show on MTV in 2020, Chloe King said, "Because of playing golf, I had a full 4 weeks off and couldn't do any board training..."
Chloe King's heroic posture in the snow
Of course, it seems that she was not intimidated by the little white ball, and later returned to the course under the influence of her golf boyfriend. Maybe Chloe King won't be as obsessed with the sport as she likes snowboarding, but the interest and enjoyment may also keep her swinging, which is not a bad thing.
But in the ice and snow world, this little girl really has the capital of Tiger Woods.
In 2015, Chloe King won the snowboarding event for the first time at the X Games, when she was only 14 years old! The following year, she scored a perfect score of 100 at the U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix, becoming the only player to accomplish the feat after "King of Snowboards" Shaun White. Two years later, at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, 17-year-old Chloe King scored more than 10 points against the sky, writing the record for the youngest female athlete in the Winter Olympic snowboard gold medal!
Chloe King was crowned an Olympic gold medal at just 17 years old
Such a domineering young man reminds the high fans of who?
When Tiger Woods first switched careers, many people had a skeptical eye, but he swept the thousands of troops by 12 strokes at the 1997 Masters, and all doubts disappeared. Chloe King also has a growth arc similar to Woods' in the snow.
Extraordinary strength, coupled with a sweet smile, let Chloe King "suck fans" countless times around the world, according to statistics, the last Winter Olympics, social media to get the biggest fan increase in the athlete is this Korean-American girl. But the overwhelming pressure of fame once bothered Chloe King, who recalled that when she went to a bakery near her home, there were so many people staring at her that she was almost out of breath, and even frustrated to put the Winter Olympic gold medal in the place she thought was the best: the trash can in her parents' house.
Gu Ailing congratulated Chloe King on defending the gold medal
Chloe King, who was on the verge of depression, even chose not to play in any competition for two years, and it was at this stage that she was first exposed to the sport of golf... After a period of recuperation adjustment, Chloe King slowly came out of the low tide, the first comeback to participate in the points race won the championship, she can do consecutive 1080 counter-foot 1080, at the moment no other female player in the world can do this kind of action - step through the psychological shadow, relying on superior strength, today's Chloe King not only returned to the olympic highest stage again, but also successfully won the gold medal again, successfully defended the glory of the king as the first person in history.
From glory to the bottom, and then slowly back to the peak of the great resurrection, who will make you think of?
Chloe King returned to glory like Woods
Chloe King says she only thinks of Tiger Woods when she talks about golf. Although golf is not a Winter Olympic sport, the legendary spirit of the superstars who are indomitable and brave enough to climb the peak may also have something in common with the Olympic motto of higher, faster, stronger and more united.
I hope that this kind of sports legend's "air call" can come more in the future.
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