PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — The father of U.S. snowboarder Chloe Kim has revealed something about his daughter that might surprise nutritionists and those still marveling at her gold medal-winning performance during the 2018 Winter Olympics.
She grew up eating SPAM.
In fact, the 17-year-old Kim still eats the canned cooked meat famously fed to U.S. soldiers during World War II, according to her father, Jong Jin Kim.
“When she was very young, she was eating the SPAM, at least once a week,’’ he told USA TODAY Sports. “We always have SPAM in our food storage. We don’t eat it every day, but at least once a week.