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Chloe Kim worked up quite an appetite winning Olympic gold in the halfpipe
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ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Would it be an Olympic halfpipe final if Chloe Kim weren't hungry?
Four years after she tweeted about being hangry from the top of Pyeongchang course, the competition here left the now two-time Olympic gold medalist needing food.
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After answering this reporter's question during the press conference, Kim added, "Also, if anybody has some snacks in their pockets, maybe. I'm starving."
Quickly, snacks materialized. The U.S. Ski & Snowboard press officer gave her a chocolate bar. Someone else handed her another bar, and a worker at the Genting Snow Park media center went to collect crackers and Swiss rolls.
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Though Kim had pointed out that it was, indeed, lunch time following her morning competition, she declined the offer to eat before finishing with questions.
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Hours before she would get her second gold medal, Kim left the press room with something that was probably more valuable in that moment – a heaping handful of food.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Chloe Kim was hungry after winning halfpipe gold at 2022 Olympics
