PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Before the world knew her name and dissected her motivations and judged her and GIFed her and memed her, Elizabeth Swaney beamed. For six years, she had practiced skiing a ...
You didn't see her in Monday's halfpipe final, and you certainly won't be seeing her at X Games next year. But the fact remains, Elizabeth Swaney made it to the Olympics and, for one night, captivated ...
Elizabeth Swaney, an American skier competing for Hungary, performed one routine trick and finished last in the women's freeskiing halfpipe competition in Pyeongchang on Monday, prompting questions ...
Before the ski halfpipe women’s final shows off the best of the sport on Tuesday night, take a look back at the most bizarre run from Monday’s qualification round. There are safe runs, and then there ...
Olympic skier Elizabeth Swaney took an unusual route to participating in the 2018 Winter Games. Instead of dedicating her life to a quest for gold, Swaney picked up the sport five years ago and has ...
The world may know Elizabeth Swaney as the US-born freestyle skier who seemingly gamed the system to compete in the Olympics for Hungary, her grandparents’ homeland. But before her simplistic ...
You won’t be seeing her in tonight’s halfpipe final, and you certainly won’t be seeing her at X Games next year. But the fact remains, Elizabeth Swaney made it to the Olympics and, for one night, ...