Snowboarding - Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics - Women's Halfpipe Finals - Phoenix Snow Park - Pyeongchang, South Korea - February 13, 2018 - Chloe Kim of the U.S. celebrates her victory with her parents. REUTERS/Mike Blake
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) - Chloe Kim became the youngest female snowboarder to win an Olympic gold medal as she dominated the women's halfpipe on Tuesday, yet if it was not for her father's sacrifice when she was seven it could have been a whole different story.
Her father, Kim Jong-jin, who had encouraged her to get on a snowboard aged four, gave up his job as an engineer three years later to focus on his daughter's budding sporting career.
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