logo
Welcome Guest! To enable all features please Login or Register.

Notification

Icon
Error

Login


Options
View
Go to last post Go to first unread
liny195  
#1 Posted : Friday, May 18, 2018 7:31:47 AM(UTC)
liny195

Rank: Advanced Member

Groups: Registered
Joined: 4/28/2018(UTC)
Posts: 871
U.S. Minor Islands

WENGEN Cheap Ryan Switzer Jersey , Switzerland (AP) Of all the 2014 Olympians aiming to return to the Winter Games next month, American skier Nolan Kasper’s path might be the least traveled.

The Vermont resident missed two full seasons recovering from multiple knee surgeries, and graduated from an Ivy League college at age 28.

On Sunday, Kasper’s comeback race in a challenging World Cup slalom in Switzerland was a key step to winning selection for a third straight Olympics.

Article continues below ...
Kasper overcame the beat-up snow surface typically facing racers that wear No. 52 and earned a second run on a quirky hill. A solid second run placed him 20th.

”It’s been a while. To put two runs down, I’ll take it Cheap Johnny Townsend Jersey ,” Kasper told The Associated Press minutes after his first World Cup race since January 2015.

Kasper has two more elite races in Austria – at storied Kitzbuehel and a pulsating floodlit race at Schladming – to show coaches he should go to the Pyeongchang Olympics. The entry deadline is Jan. 28 and the men’s slalom in South Korea is on Feb. 22.

Still, he has ”no idea” of the U.S. team selection rules, despite placing 13th at Sochi four years ago and 24th at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

”A bunch of other people can figure that out, not me,” Kasper said. ”It would be great to go there but if that’s not to be Cheap Nick Nelson Jersey , it’s not really something I’m focusing on.”

His main focus is again taking on thee couldn’t do that if we ke

”If you want to try to ski fast, (the World Cup) is where you’ve got to prove it Cheap Brandon Parker Jersey ,” said Kasper, who barely clicked on his skis for two years after a cartilage injury first required surgery.

A prolonged recovery let him speed up completing an economics degree at Dartmouth College he began in 2010.

Kasper graduated last June, and spent time last year working as an intern for U.S. Ski and Snowboard in Park City, Utah.

He returned to training in October, and now has two more weeks to bring his Olympic journey full circle.

.
Users browsing this topic
Guest
Forum Jump  
You cannot post new topics in this forum.
You cannot reply to topics in this forum.
You cannot delete your posts in this forum.
You cannot edit your posts in this forum.
You cannot create polls in this forum.
You cannot vote in polls in this forum.