Chloe Kim Reveals That One Meal That Makes Her Feel “Whole” Again

Published 02/26/2022, 1:06 PM EST

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Food is the most important part of an athlete’s lifestyle. To compete at that level, players need to eat right food, with all necessary nutrients to perform at an optimum level. However, you can’t eat the same food all the time and even if you are an athlete like the Olympic champion Chloe Kim, you might crave for your favorite food dish once in a while.

The 21-year-old American snowboarder has recently won her second Olympic gold in the halfpipe event at the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022. Besides being a champion snowboarder, Chloe is also an ardent foodie. In fact, after winning her second consecutive Olympic gold, the first thing she asked for was food.

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After her halfpipe event, she began the press conference by saying, “If anybody has some snacks in their pockets, maybe? I am starving! It’s lunchtime.” Well, anyone can feel hungry after doing all those insane tricks on the snowboard.

What is Chloe Kim’s go to meal?

The Olympic champion Chloe Kim doesn’t always eat salad and green vegetables for staying at the top of her game. In a GrubHub advertisement, she has revealed her go-to meal. She said, “There’s nothing like the feeling of coming home…,” and then takes a bite from her tacos. She concludes her part in the advertisement by saying, “Tacos.. whenever! I just feel whole again.”

So now that you know what is Chloe Kim’s go-to meal, perhaps you might get a chance to meet her someday in a taco restaurant.

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What food do Olympians eat?

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Well, apart from the food recommended by the dietician, they eat pretty much like normal people. However, during the Olympics, their food is strictly based upon what suits their body best because no one would want to ruin their Olympic dreams on a food choice.

All the athletes are on planned diets chosen by the experts for an optimum level performance. With all the sacrifices that one needs to make for being a world-class athlete, food is the most prominent of them all.

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Could you imagine Michael Phelps eating all the junk food every single day and still able to win 8 gold medal in a single Olympic? No one can.

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Saurav Panwar is a US Sports writer at EssentiallySports. A postgraduate in Media and Communication Studies, he shares a profound love for creative direction and filmmaking. Saurav is also an avid reader and a literature devotee whose fandom spreads from classics to sci-fi, non-fiction, plays, comics, and much more.
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