Elizabeth Swaney barely lifted her skis off the snow. She completed the run but came dead last KIN CHEUNG/APNewcomers to half-pipe skiing are often baffled by descriptions of tricks as “a right-side double-cork 1260” or “a left-side alley-oop flatspin five”. There was one skier at the Winter Olympics whose performance was easier to watch thanks to her preference for avoiding tricks altogether. Elizabeth Swaney, 33, completed most of the course by doing only the smallest of jumps. His American colleague soldiered on, noting that she was “just…

Source: The Times February 21, 2018 00:00 UTC