Olympic Roundup: Leman wins skicross gold; women bobsledders take bronze
PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of — Coming up short at an Olympic Games, under the pressure of high expectations, can be hard on any athlete. Rachel Homan knows that disappointment, and so does Brady Leman.
While Homan finished her run at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games out of the women’s curling playoffs, Leman showed that Olympic redemption can come to athletes who persevere. The Calgary freestyle skier won gold in the men’s skicross at the Pyeongchang Games on Wednesday, making up for a disappointing fourth-place finish at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
After the victory, Leman admitted that thoughts of that Sochi result occasionally crept in before the race.
“Any time that would happen I would just remind myself, ‘Just be here in Korea now because Sochi doesn’t matter,’” Leman said. “I’m not going to change that I was fourth at the last Games.