> Swaney’s success— if you can call it that — wasn’t appreciated by many, who saw her effort as a mockery of the Games. But that sentiment was hardly unanimous. Cassie Sharpe, the skier above who walked away with the Gold, was fine with it, telling the CBC “If you are going to put in the time and effort to be here, then you deserve to be here as much as I do.”

Yeah, I watched the video of her half-pipe run and can guarantee that nobody can accomplish that without thousands of hours of practice and instruction. She may not be anywhere near the best of them, but she's better than 99% of the world.