Outraged Over That Lousy Olympic Freestyle Skier? Don’t Be

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. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Photo: Kin Cheung, Associated Press
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. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Photo: Kin Cheung, Associated Press
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. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

By Ann Killion

I first was alerted to the outrage over Elizabeth Swaney by my son, who lives the snowboarding mountain life in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

“The ski community thinks she’s an embarrassment,” my kid said, adding a florid expletive before the last word.

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