They say teenagers are bottomless pits of hunger, able to pile it in and an hour later ask for more. But imagine if your teenager were say, an Olympic athlete? Working up an appetite by snowboarding in subzero temperatures and landing frontside 1080s in the women's halfpipe? You might expect that a teen like that could be a little preoccupied with fueling up.
Which is why no one is harshing Olympian, Chloe Kim for the mildly food obsessed tweets she's been sending. But as adorably understandable as they've been (she tweeted about churros a few days ago and breakfast sandwiches yesterday morning) the tweet that took the cake was the one she made about ice cream right in the middle of a qualifying round for her debut at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang!
Could be down for some ice cream rn— Chloe Kim (@Chloe Kim)1518412597.0
It took one astute Twitter user to point out that Kim was mid-competition:
Could be down for some ice cream rn— Chloe Kim (@Chloe Kim)1518412597.0
And Kim had the best answer ever:
@SpencerHren yes...— Chloe Kim (@Chloe Kim)1518412763.0
The Official NBC Olympics Twitter account decided to have some fun picking flavors for our young snowboarding champ:
POLL: What kind of ice cream should @chloekimsnow get? #WinterOlympics— NBC Olympics (@NBC Olympics)1518413599.0
Kim was a good sport:
@NBCOlympics Cookies & Cream is some good stuff. If anyone can get me some to the village thatd be dope— Chloe Kim (@Chloe Kim)1518419999.0
Many were inspired by her ability to balance ice cream cravings with qualifying competitions seamlessly:
17 years old. tweeting this out literally while she's in the middle of her first olympic event. 🐐 already. https://t.co/gvpDHe2dQm— Zack Goldman (@Zack Goldman)1518416764.0
if chloe kim can tweet about ice cream while casually doing 90+ olympic runs I can go to work tomorrow https://t.co/dxMDZf5zig— eel notyep (@eel notyep)1518413992.0
Others wanted to reward her performance by satisfying her cravings:
95.50 on your second run?? Ice cream is on us! https://t.co/QTUAJKHLVm— U.S. Olympic Team (@U.S. Olympic Team)1518414049.0
@chloekimsnow Best of luck to you, Chloe. Favorite Ben & Jerry's flavor? https://t.co/BctsFvLnXK #AskingForAFriend— Ben & Jerry's (@Ben & Jerry's)1518466060.0
And while the rest of us would have such a huge case of nerves that food would be out of the question, Kim was thinking longingly about the other half of her breakfast sandwich—moments before winning the gold:
Wish I finished my breakfast sandwich but my stubborn self decided not to and now I'm getting hangry— Chloe Kim (@Chloe Kim)1518488063.0
@chloekimsnow @SPCVega so she literally tweeted this 20 minutes before her gold medal winning run. What nerves? 😭😭— Corey N. (@Corey N.)1518489657.0
@chloekimsnow 😳 Tweeting about food and slapping down a 98.5 run all at the same time. LEGEND.— Brent Alexander 👨🏻💻 (@Brent Alexander 👨🏻💻)1518489872.0
@chloekimsnow You're my spirit animal. #USA #PyeongChang2018 #Olympics https://t.co/b8Sv7nlk7y— Purge (@Purge)1518488339.0
But that's because, as Kim noted earlier at the games, the right snack can help soothe those pesky nerves:
Oh and I also had 2 churros today and they were pretty bomb so if you ever get nervous go eat a churro— Chloe Kim (@Chloe Kim)1518329987.0
Expect churros sales everywhere to go through the roof!