Gaming the system =)
Feb. 24th, 2018 12:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
airiefairieParticipating in the half-pipe discipline at the Winter Olympics requires exceptional skills in skiing, and being able to do all sorts of acrobatic tricks. Right? Or maybe not? If you ask US skier Elizabeth Swaney, she would say you rather need to have some basic skiing skills (maybe those of your regular amateur), lots of cunning, and tons of desire to be at the Olympics!
Her intriguing story caused a lot of reactions, from admiration to condemnation, and she was dubbed both the "best" and "worst" Olympic athlete. Because she was smart enough to use a loophole in the rules that allowed her to earn a quota for the Olympic games, even though she was clearly not at the level of the other competitors. How? Well, she decided to compete for Hungary, which has no competition in this discipline. Here are details:
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/21/olympic-skier-elizabeth-swaney-i-did-not-scam-my-way-into-the-games.html
She attempted no tricks in the half-pipe. All she had to do to qualify was to finish down the slope - which she of course did. And she violated no rule. Here is her run: VIDEO
Her intriguing story caused a lot of reactions, from admiration to condemnation, and she was dubbed both the "best" and "worst" Olympic athlete. Because she was smart enough to use a loophole in the rules that allowed her to earn a quota for the Olympic games, even though she was clearly not at the level of the other competitors. How? Well, she decided to compete for Hungary, which has no competition in this discipline. Here are details:
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/21/olympic-skier-elizabeth-swaney-i-did-not-scam-my-way-into-the-games.html
She attempted no tricks in the half-pipe. All she had to do to qualify was to finish down the slope - which she of course did. And she violated no rule. Here is her run: VIDEO
