If this was the end for Chloe Kim—and it sure sounds like it was—then she went out her way. Not with a gold, but with a smile. Kim spent the last few years on a journey through her own mind. She decided that what she really wanted, more than winning, was control of her life. She just proved herself right.
“I wanted to do what felt good for me,” Kim said Thursday night, after earning silver in the women’s snowboard halfpipe. “Happy camper.”
