14-Year-Old Becomes Youngest Winter X Games Winner
Fourteen-year-old Chloe Kim made history this weekend by becoming the youngest person to win a winter X Games event!
She has been snowboarding since she was four years old. She didn’t get to compete in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games because she was too young, but she’s still making her mark!
She took to the half pipe with a bandage on her face because she crashed in practice just before the competition began, but that didn’t slow her down.
“I’d say the nerves were there, but she thrives in that situation,” said one of her coaches, Benjamin Wisner. “I think every athlete gets nervous. But Chloe has a great attitude and a pretty strong mental game. She’s a great competitor. She can relax even in nervous situations. I’m sure there was some nerves, but she just loves to snowboard and she loves riding in front of a crowd.”
I am just so amazed that I was able to land all that. It was so fun,” Kim said.
