Before the world knew her name and dissected her motivations and judged her and GIFed her and memed her, Elizabeth Swaney beamed. “Today was probably one of the most exciting days of my life ...

Elizabeth Marian Swaney, of Hungary, finishes her run during the women's halfpipe qualifying at Phoenix Snow Park at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 19, 2018.

Elizabeth Marian Swaney, competing for Hungary, during the women's freestyle ski half-pipe qualifiers on Monday in South Korea. Kin Cheung/AP ...

There’s no shortage of Olympics purists who think Elizabeth Swaney’s halfpipe run at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics should have her looking for a way to crawl under the halfpipe. Representing ...

Elizabeth Swaney is not bad at skiing, not at all. But she is not very good, either, and certainly not Olympic-caliber in the halfpipe. So how, at age 33 no less, did she manage to make her way ...

Twitter. Elizabeth Swaney is a 33-year-old skier from Oakland, California who made the 2018 Winter Olympics with Hungary. She didn’t have the best run on the halfpipe on Monday, but you can ...

Elizabeth Swaney is likely the least skilled athlete at the 2018 Winter Olympics, but the American who represented Hungary in PyeongChang has quickly become one of the most polarizing stories.

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Elizabeth Swaney finished 24th and last in qualification for the women’s ski halfpipe final on Monday, but the 33-year-old will leave PyeongChang having achieved ...

American-born skier Elizabeth Swaney competed for Hungary in the ladies’ halfpipe. She finished last. For some reason, the judges were not blown away by her performance.

Elizabeth Swaney’s pedestrian run in the halfpipe left most viewers shaking their heads. | AP Share If you tuned into the Winter Olympics the other day to see incredible feats performed by ...

American Elizabeth Swaney competed in the Olympics for Hungary. Her event was the women’s freeski halfpipe. Yet it would not necessarily be accurate to call her a freestyle skier, as that ...