As Chole Kim prepares to make her first appearance at the 2022 Olympics on Tuesday night U.S. time, the American snowboarder revealed she almost didn't compete in the Beijing Games.
Speaking to NBC's TODAY (starts at 1:50 mark), Kim said she experienced "really bad anxiety" from the fame and attention that came after her gold-medal win in Pyeongchang four years ago.
"My first one was really overwhelming," she explained. "I was not expecting that kind of response."
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