American snowboarder Chloe Kim, won gold Monday on Tuesday in the Winter Olympic games in PyeongChang, South Korea. However, upon hearing her father’s proud boast after the event, one could see that this victory was a family affair.
In front of a group of reporters, Kim’s father, Kim Jong-jin, pointed to his chest and said: “American dream.” Then he began to cheer wildly and embrace the full moment of his daughter’s victory.
However, Kim referring to his daughter as his “American Dream,” is not necessarily a new thing, nor is it simply because his daughter won. He called his daughter his American Dream on the Today show, a day prior to Chloe’s gold medal win.
My dad has definitely sacrificed a lot for me and I don’t know if I could do it, if I was in his shoes,” the 17-year-old told Reuters. “Leaving your life behind and chasing this dream because your kid is passionate about this sport. I think today I did it for my family and I am so grateful to them.”
Those sacrifices were not in vain, but they were severe. Kim’s immigrated to California from South Korea, in 1982. Though he worked in the engineering field, his defining work in America, has been his daughter’s snowboarding career. Kim actually quit his job as an engineer over ten years ago, so that he could devote himself full-time to his daughter’s success. – READ MORE
[give_form id=”79809″] [divider][/divider]Kim’s story is one for the record books. The daughter of Korean immigrants, she was good enough on the halfpipe to make it to the Sochi Games in 2014. But at just 13 years old, she was too young to make the team.
Chloe Kim has thrown down the HAMMER with her first run. #WinterOlympics https://t.co/D65Nuoyydu pic.twitter.com/r6UJ7df38X
— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) February 13, 2018
Happy tears! Sharing this moment, @chloekimsnow Grandma, 2 aunts & 3 cousins who live in Korea. This is 1st time they’ve seen her race in person. #SoSpecial #TeamUSA #OlympicsOn11 pic.twitter.com/nJsTUokFNa
— Cheryl Preheim (@CherylPreheim) February 13, 2018
Kim told “Today” show hosts Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb that she had a difficult time holding back the tears when the national anthem began:
“I was like, ‘I can’t cry right now. I can’t do this. I worked so hard on my eyeliner!’” Kim said.
“It’s such an honor to just represent the U.S. and the country where my parents [emigrated] from,” she said. – READ MORE
[give_form id=”79809″] [divider][/divider]American teenage sensation Chloe Kim romped to Olympic snowboarding gold in the women’s halfpipe Tuesday before bursting into tears as the enormity of her achievement sunk in.
The 17-year-old, who has melted the hearts of home fans in Pyeongchang thanks to her ever-ready smile and Korean heritage, justified her status as the hot favourite with an eye-popping top score of 98.25.
Kim had been assured of gold before her pulsating final run after China’s Liu Jiayu crashed on her last descent.
Pumping her fists after finishing with back-to-back 1080 spins, Kim was serenaded by a pumped-up crowd chanting: “Chloe Kim, Chloe Kim!”
But after wrapping herself in the American flag, Kim was suddenly overcome with emotion and the tears flowed as she celebrated with her Korean parents.
“I’m a little overwhelmed,” she said after composing herself. “I don’t really know what’s happening and I’m actually feeling a little anxious right now. – READ MORE
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