By hook or by crook, Swaney was going to make it the Olympics. As she grew older, forays into other Winter Olympic sports followed, including stints training at skeleton and ice hockey. Her Olympic dream first ignited when she took to the ice after being inspired by Kristi Yamaguchi's gold-winning performance at the Albertville 1992 Games. No athlete makes it to the Olympic Games without hard work and determination вЂ“ two qualities Swaney has in abundance.

However, when gold medallist Sharpe spoke up in her defence, saying вЂњIf you are going to put in the time and effort to be here, then you deserve to be here as much as I doвЂќ, and double Olympic champion David Wise proclaimed that he had been 'inspired by her', slowly but surely Swaney transformed into an unlikely Olympic hero. 'Remove Olympian from your bio,' one commenter wrote. Ridiculed mercilessly on social media, Swaney became a figure of fun and the subject of anger for those who deemed her 'trash', 'a disgrace' and everything else in-between. The immediate reaction to Swaney's run was as swift as it was devastating. Not only had Swaney finished last, she had also recorded one of the lowest points totals in Olympic history. When she finished the run, she punched the air in triumph as her score flashed up on the boards. Elizabeth Swaney вЂ“ born and raised in Oakland, California but representing Hungary вЂ“ skied slowly up and down the halfpipe without attempting a single trick.

It had been a stunning demonstration of skill, courage and fearlessness from the Canadian.Д«ut earlier in the competition, one freestyle skier had left the crowd speechless for quite another reason. When she rounded off her run with a 1080 tailgrab, after a combination of tricks that sometimes saw her rise more than four metres into the air, the 95.80 score she achieved secured her a gold medal and a place in Olympic history. When Cassie Sharpe set about her gold medal-winning halfpipe run at the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, she pulled out every trick in her formidable arsenal. Freestyle skier Elizabeth Swaney becomes an Olympian by simply not falling The run that stunned the world

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