TABLE OF CONTENTS TRIPLE PLAY 4 FAST FACTS 5 CHAPTER 1 ON BOARD 8 CHAPTER 2 AIRBORNE 11 CHAPTER 3 IN THE SPOTLIGHT 18 CHAPTER 4 FLYING HIGH 22 CHLOE KIM CAREER STATS GLOSSARY SOURCE NOTES INDEX 28 29 30 31
ROXY ROXY USA TRIPLE PLAY Chloe Kim was having a great day She had the lead in the women’s halfpipe contest at the 2016 US Snowboarding Grand Prix On her first run she’d earned a sky-high score of 96.5 out of a possible 100 She was back for her third and final run Could she score even higher this time 4
She began with a method grab Next she soared high in the air spinning around once twice three times Spinning three times a move called a 1080 was difficult But no one was surprised to see Kim do it well After all she was one of the best snowboarders in the world FAST FACTS DATE OF BIRTH April 23 2000 EVENT Halfpipe TEAM US Snowboard Team PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS two Olympic gold medals two World Championship gold medals six Winter X Games gold medals two Winter Youth Olympics gold medals PERSONAL HIGHLIGHTS lived in Switzerland for two years studied at Princeton University speaks English Korean and French appeared on the TV show The Masked Singer likes to play guitar and ride horses 5
