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Chloe Kim has re-invented herself again.
The 20-year-old halfpipe Olympic champion upped her snowboarding skills, honed some new talents off the slopes and gained a new focus on both her career and life in general.
All that while studying at Princeton University and dealing with the challenges that came along with it.
Her successful return to the sport after a year of studies has been widely covered. Kim won her first competition back after 22 months, followed by her sixth halfpipe title at the X Games.
Speaking to Olympic Channel, Kim says: "I always do my best to be the best role model as possible. I’m very aware of what I do and what I say and how I react to certain situations.''
Kim says she has an 'amazing team' around her, and together they are making big business decisions for the Olympic champion.
In March Kim co-founded the TOGETHXR media project with fellow Olympians Alex Morgan, Sue Bird and Simone Manuel. Their focus is to elevate women’s voices.
It's in-line with her ongoing focus to uplift and inspire young women. She say's she understands the power and influence of her profile, and she tries to use it responsibly.
Kim strives to win and has realised that the way she carries herself when she doesn't matters too.
'"I think it's important for people to see both sides. If I don't win, then I at least want to show good sportsmanship and learn from my mistakes, and just leave with on a positive note rather than sulking and being upset.
"Whatever I do, I'm always just going to try to be like a positive influence."
Taking a different kind of centre stage
In recent months she's also been taking on other daring opportunities.
Last December, she impressed with her vocal abilities on the television show, The Masked Singer.
"I never had any vocal training before or anything. Never been in a studio like to sing. So it was really funny.
"I'm happy that people liked my singing. I made it way further than expected; I was just hoping to get through the first round," Kim tells Olympic Channel.
Kim has also admitted that singing on stage was more nerve-wracking than competing at the Olympics.
"Going into the Olympics I had a lot of sources. I had a lot of people telling me what to expect.
"I'm really good friends with Laurie Hernandez, she's one of my best friends, so I would call her and be like, 'Yo, what's up? What's the deal? What is it gonna be like?'," Kim told Entertainment Weekly
School lessons
The American is taking a sabbatical from studying at Princeton but she says the year she spent there was invaluable for several reasons.
College presented some struggles, she admits.
Not only was she away from her parents, but it was her first time out of her comfort zone, and not surrounded by athletes like her.
"College was challenging because I didn't really know what I was getting myself into, the social aspect of it.
"I grew up around other snowboarders, skiers and people in action sports. People that did things that I did.
"And then going into a place where no-one really does that kind of stuff, it was strange.''
Kim grew up homeschooled and, prior to college, did all her schooling online.
She also started doing professional competitions when she was 13, so her lifestyle mainly involved being on the road, travelling, and competing with the same group of people.
Princeton couldn't have been more different.
"I was like, I don't know how I'm going to connect with all these people when being an athlete is a really big part of my identity," Kim says.
"But none of my friends (at Princeton) are professional athletes. Everyone is a student and they're all just mini geniuses.
"It's really fun how I was able to connect with people that didn't have similar interests as I did,'' she adds.
Olympic focus
The hype around the American will continue to grow in the countdown to the next Winter Olympics at Beijing 2022 starting 4 February.
Given this will be her Olympic sequel, there's added expectation she will defend her halfpipe crown.
But this time around, she's more confidence and more experienced.
"I already know what I'm doing. I have a very clear picture what I need to do as an athlete and going into the Olympics. I'm very well prepared."
The youngest snowboard halfpipe gold medallist has a new approach time around.
"I just want to go into it as a mystery. No one knows what I'm thinking; no one knows what I’m going to do.
"And it's just fun and exciting when you don't know what's happening."
Three years on from her show-stopping performance at PyeongChang 2018, Kim is doing her best to stay composed.
"I feel kind of like old. I was 17 on my last one and I'm going to go into it (Beijing 2022) as a 21-year-old. That's such a big gap," she says.
"I'm going to go in with the same mindset as the last one, just no pressure.
"I'm going to do the best I can and we'll see what happens."