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02-20-2018, 12:10 PM
This Silicon Valley skier just gave the least impressive performance of the Winter Olympics
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The Winter Olympics have been full of mind-blowing feats of athleticism and artistry.*
This is not one of them.*
Elizabeth Swaney made her Olympic debut in the freeski halfpipe on Monday. It was ... not impressive. She casually slides back and forth down the halfpipe, like she's on vacation in Aspen instead of competing against elite athletes. She barely even attempts a trick.*
SEE ALSO: 17-year-old Chloe Kim is the hangry Olympic champion we need right now (https://mashable.com/2018/02/12/chloe-kim-winter-olympics-gold-medal/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
(We can't embed the video, because NBC Sports apparently doesn't want too many people watching the Winter Olympics, but the footage can be found here (https://www.nbcolympics.com/video/elizabeth-swaney-has-her-halfpipe-olympic-debut?chrcontext=kntv).) Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/02/19/winter-olympics-elizabeth-swaney/)
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The Winter Olympics have been full of mind-blowing feats of athleticism and artistry.*
This is not one of them.*
Elizabeth Swaney made her Olympic debut in the freeski halfpipe on Monday. It was ... not impressive. She casually slides back and forth down the halfpipe, like she's on vacation in Aspen instead of competing against elite athletes. She barely even attempts a trick.*
SEE ALSO: 17-year-old Chloe Kim is the hangry Olympic champion we need right now (https://mashable.com/2018/02/12/chloe-kim-winter-olympics-gold-medal/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
(We can't embed the video, because NBC Sports apparently doesn't want too many people watching the Winter Olympics, but the footage can be found here (https://www.nbcolympics.com/video/elizabeth-swaney-has-her-halfpipe-olympic-debut?chrcontext=kntv).) Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/02/19/winter-olympics-elizabeth-swaney/)
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