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Originally Posted by SebC
This hungarian skier just did a 180 and no other tricks on her halfpipe run. No hint of a fall and she scored a 30.
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Just reading about this. Basically, this is an American gaming her way into the Olympics.
The Olympics requires a certain number of top 30 finishes, so Elizabeth Swaney flew herself to a bunch of events where there was less than 30 competitors. She can’t do any tricks, but can essentially get down the half pipe without falling. At all the events, she would be near last (sometimes competitors would fall, and she’d finish ahead of them). She was 13th out of 15 in one event, where all of the worlds best were at a different event on the same day.
Obviously, she wouldn’t be one of the top 4 for the American team, so she tried to find a country that would send her to the Olympics. She’s competed for Venezuela, and now at the Olympics for Hungary - through some distant Hungarian lineage.
Here is video of her run:
https://twitter.com/tmortimerftbl/st...39277911285760