🇺🇸Here is the tenth story on Utah Olympic athletes featuring
@steven_nyman an alpine skier from Provo. 📸:
@drwclrk
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Born and bred in Utah, downhiller Steven Nyman was skiing at two (Dad ran the ski school at Sundance) and racing at eight for Sundance (while mowing Robert Redford's lawn in the summer), not far from his home. He was a discretionary pick to the 2002 Junior Worlds squad, where he landed two medals, including a slalom gold. Coaches were so impressed they entered him in a World Cup slalom six days later and he finished 15th. Needless to say, his 6’4” frame is more suited for speed events—his three World Cup downhill wins proves it.
The one thing that is consistent with World Cup skiing is that it’s not consistent. Nyman knows that best of all. After an incredibly successful 2013 season, 2014 shaped up to be mediocre results-wise. But he took a lot of positives out of the season as well, namely fast skiing in Beaver Creek and another Olympic start. And then came 2015, whe...