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Life can come at you fast in Alpine skiing.
According to Olympedia, 20 transgender athletes have competed at the Summer Games.
Swedish freestyle skier Elis Lundholm made history Wednesday as the first transgender athlete to participate in the Winter Olympics.
Mastro, who four years ago in Beijing missed qualifying for the final by one spot, fell on all three runs and finished 12th.
Frankly, she was relieved to simply be competing in Italy, after climbing out of the depths of a dark depression that hit her after the 2022 Beijing Games, then a significant physical setback just a month ago, when she slammed into a halfpipe wall in Switzerland and suffered a low-grade labrum tear in her left shoulder.
“A month ago I wasn’t even sure I would be here … this medal means so much to me,” she said through tears.
As the snow came down in Livigno, Kim’s rivals were faltering — seven of the 12 finalists fell in their first run, including Americans Bea Kim and Maddie Mastro — but Kim produced a table-topping 88.00 for a three-point lead over her nearest challenger, the eventual bronze medalist Mitsuki Ono.
American Shaun White owns three golds, but he won his across four Olympics (2006, 2010 and 2018).
It was never about going for three in a row, never about making history.
He’s the reigning Hart and Vezina Trophy winner despite a down year in Winnipeg.
Interestingly, Jeremy Swayman backed him up rather than Jake Oettinger, who was the second goalie during the 4 Nations and started one game there.
Hellebuyck likely earned the Olympic start in the 4 Nations Face-Off when he played so well for a U.S. team that lost in overtime to Canada in the final.
In between the overturned American goal and the Latvian goal, American captain Matthews took an elbow to the face from Dans Locmelis, which went uncalled.
Guerin has gotten a lot of flak for passing over Robertson and Caufield for the likes of Miller and Vincent Trocheck, but Guerin’s been steadfast in his belief that the Olympics are not meant to be an All-Star Game and there needs to be players who grasp the not-so glamorous roles.
Thompson already etched his name in American hockey history with the overtime winner in the gold medal game of the World Championship last May, giving the United States its first title in that event in 92 years.
Guerin didn’t bring Jason Robertson or Cole Caufield, but he did add some offensive punch to the lineup after the 4 Nations Face-Off loss last February by putting Buffalo’s towering Tage Thompson on the roster.
But late in the second period, with the Americans nursing a one-goal lead, he scored a beauty of a power-play goal, taking a Jack Eichel feed at the side of the net and roofing a backhander over Merzļikins’ right shoulder for some much-needed breathing room.
Thompson eased into his Olympics debut, looking perhaps a little tentative early on.
Just like that, Miller, one of American general manager Bill Guerin’s more controversial picks, had two assists wiped out in less than five minutes.
After a lengthy review of Miller’s brushing of Merzļikins in the crease, the goal was again overturned, leaving the game tied.
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