Freestyle skier Elizabeth Swaney did a really boring half pipe run, where she basically just skied up and down each side without attempting ANYTHING. No tricks, no jumps - nothing. Just totally played it safe. Why? Apparently because she CAN'T do that stuff. She was able to get to the Olympics by gaming the system.
She's American, but competed for Hungary, which is where her grandparents are from. There's no way she would have made the U.S. team. She also sought out Olympic qualifying events that didn't have many competitors so her ranking would appear higher.
Then she just waited until a few women fell and crashed at those events, so she didn't end up dead last, and it finally happened in December.
Listen up, though - if you want to run the same scam so YOU can go to the Olympics in four years, it's probably too late. There's talk that the rules for qualifying will be changed now because of her.
But guess what she can say? "Yeah, *ahem* I competed in the 2018 Olympics..."
