The busiest stretch of Chloe Kim‘s life was interrupted by a trip to the emergency room in South Korea last month.
The 16-year-old U.S. snowboarding phenom had “a pretty gnarly cold” and fever right before practice started at a World Cup event at the 2018 Olympic venue in South Korea.
Kim, whose parents are from South Korea and is fluent in Korean, said she couldn’t understand any further diagnosis from doctors. But she spent two days in the ER.
Kim was discharged and decided to compete at the contest, finishing fourth with an 82.