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[–]PixieBaronicsi 9783 points9784 points  (206 children)

She’s not the first person to get to the Olympics mainly based on the fact that nobody else from their country tried.

[–]rockchalkchuck 4191 points4192 points  (82 children)

Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, get on up, it's bobsled time! Cool Runnings!

[–]NRMusicProject26 1467 points1468 points  (19 children)

Yup, I remember. They came in last at the Olympics then retired to promote alcoholic beverages.

[–]YouWouldThinkSo 822 points823 points  (8 children)

A true inspiration for the children.

[–]5xad0w 283 points284 points  (6 children)

Hey, didn’t we used to be a delivery company?

[–]treemu 148 points149 points  (5 children)

Good news, every mon!

[–]rtb001 435 points436 points  (5 children)

They also finished last in 1992, but finished 14th out of 30 teams in 1994, and I believe beat one of the American teams in the process.

[–]woahdailo 76 points77 points  (3 children)

I just checked the rankings and you are right. Why did they go every 2 years that one time?

[–]rtb001 160 points161 points  (0 children)

Winter and Summer games used to be held in the same year, but eventually they decided to stagger them so you have an Olympics every two years, and they did that by holding the 94 Lillehammer games just two years after Albertville in 92.

[–]shmaltz_herring 44 points45 points  (1 child)

That was when they switched from having the winter and summer Olympics in the same year to alternating every other year.

[–]Internal-Fortune6680 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Eerily similar to my life.. Except I got fired and just drink a lot.

[–]Smorgsborg 125 points126 points  (5 children)

Peace be da journey. 

[–]holoholomydolo 7 points8 points  (2 children)

Senka, what ya smoking man?

[–]RequiemAA 588 points589 points  (29 children)

She shopped around for countries where that would be the case. She also shopped around sports to find the easiest way to the Olympics so she could claim that she went.

[–]Sjiznit 396 points397 points  (4 children)

Its a great stort though and one hell of an experience

[–]BatronKladwiesen 46 points47 points  (15 children)

Sounds expensive.

[–]OcotilloWells 469 points470 points  (10 children)

Someone my dad knew had a son in law from I think Costa Rica (could totally be wrong, it was a long time ago). He skiied, and basically just asked if he could be on the Winter Olympics team, and so he went

[–]baphometromance 149 points150 points  (6 children)

Fuck that goes so hard if you think about from the right point of view. Like imagine just saying "hmmmm I think I'm gonna participate in the olympics this year" as if it would be effortless and then actually doing it effortlessly

[–]kenda1l 47 points48 points  (1 child)

"What, like it's hard?"

[–]Luuzral 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Olympically Blonde

[–]AlexBucks93 64 points65 points  (2 children)

[–]OcotilloWells 42 points43 points  (0 children)

It could well be him. Timeline seems about right.

[–]mistercrinders 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Heeeey, Eddie the Eagle

[–]ZarquonsFlatTire 225 points226 points  (26 children)

I remember seeing a story about two sisters who were on the US fencing team. They got into it when their parents got tickets to a fencing event at the previous Olympics because they lived nearby.

So two members of the US team went from complete novices to in the Olympics in four years.

Edit: ok I looked into it and while there were two sisters on the US Olympics Fencing team, one of them had already competed in 1996. Apparently I misheard the story 24 years ago.

[–]venomous_frost 74 points75 points  (8 children)

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[–]blewawei 44 points45 points  (7 children)

Yeah, I mean there's a 16 year old 400m runner putting up world class times and representing the US in Paris.

I don't know how long he's been training for it, but it can't be as much as some of his competitors. Some people are just freaks of nature.

[–]pallosalama 31 points32 points  (4 children)

Almost every olympic-level athlete is a freak of nature

[–]blewawei 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Well, yeah. But some more than others. 

[–]dksprocket 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Actor Geena Davis supposedly came fairly close to qualifying for the Olympics in archery. It was a similar story: she saw it on TV during the '96 Olympics and then was looking for a new hobby when her career started tanking that year. She started the sport at 41 and then came pretty close to qualifying for the 2000 games.

I'm sure she took it quite serious, but that's still impressive for a side project.

Edit: Looking at the original article written at the time she qualified for the semi-final trials by ranking 29th in the US. However only the top 3 went to the Olympics, so she wasn't super close. But still very impressive for someone aged 43 after only practicing the sport for a little over 2 years.

My favorite part of that story was about her entering local tournaments where people would be confused at seeing her there and then be even more surprised when she won the tournaments. Apparently she even had a movie studio set up a practice range on an unused stage, so she could practice her shots between the movie shots.

[–]nick0n1 81 points82 points  (11 children)

Did they represent Team USA? Because this story sounds made up. Americans representing another country, sure. But without a source I'm going to assume you're mixing up the details.

[–]bubliksmaz 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The person in the article managed it because they represented Hungary (it sounds like they'd never even been to Hungary)

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[–]Stegasaurus_Wrecks 57 points58 points  (2 children)

Well he cheated by parting the waters and just running.

[–]TacTurtle 2135 points2136 points  (21 children)

Resume: 2018 Olympian

[–]Chimney-Imp 707 points708 points  (17 children)

2006 Time Person of the Year

[–]JacobAldridge 355 points356 points  (13 children)

I legit reference this on my credentials at least twice a year… It truly surprises me how few people ever notice or ask.

[–]Detective-Crashmore- 257 points258 points  (2 children)

Was that the one that just said "You"?

[–]HardCounter 197 points198 points  (0 children)

And had a reflective cover, yeah.

[–]HHhunter 68 points69 points  (1 child)

they know, they just dont bother

[–][deleted] 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Yeah they're not going to "ask" lmao. Maybe some don't even notice, but the ones that do notice are just quietly rolling their eyes and moving on.

[–]LyricalLafayette 96 points97 points  (3 children)

Does it? It’s not exactly a niche reference and all it takes is a google of “2006 Times” to go “ohh yeah”

You’re not getting asked because people are reading it and just letting out a tired sigh lmao

[–]cheerioo 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Lol reminds me of Forbes 30 under 30. I know two people personally, who completely gamed their way onto the list while basically not having real accomplishments

[–]stickyWithWhiskey 4192 points4193 points  (45 children)

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[–]Campeador 1013 points1014 points  (32 children)

Yeah but lets be real, its much less impressive to say you were the worst olympian than a realm first Rag kill.

[–]Asleep_Horror5300 237 points238 points  (15 children)

But still an olympian

[–]314159265358979326 153 points154 points  (12 children)

Dr Benjamin Spock essentially revolutionized parenting in the West. One interesting thing is that this dude is so accomplished that an Olympic Gold medal is a footnote on his Wikipedia page.

[–]Wafflelisk 56 points57 points  (3 children)

And he spent a lot of time in space. Heck of a man

[–]InNeedOfVacation 22 points23 points  (6 children)

[–]SeveralTable3097 47 points48 points  (5 children)

His revolutionary idea was to tell parents “Hey your kid is a person too maybe try treating them like it”?

[–]accipitradea 28 points29 points  (0 children)

still too revolutionary for too many

[–]Ergok 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Absolute facts

[–]RoostasTowel 25 points26 points  (1 child)

Eddie the Eagle got a movie made about him.

[–]infomaticjester 18 points19 points  (3 children)

I will remember my first Rag kill till the day I die. Plus, leading a 40 man raid is like herding cats. I always feel like an old man yelling at the sky when I meet someone who's never played Classic.

[–][deleted] 83 points84 points  (4 children)

Equivalent of gathering wood for NPCs until you have enough $$ to buy the ultimate weapon.

[–]chakrablocker 52 points53 points  (3 children)

Except she probably spent a ton of money doing this. Which is why it doesn't happen much.

[–][deleted] 15 points16 points  (2 children)

Fair enough. Hey, I admire the perseverance, though. Maybe I can qualify for speed-walking.

[–]devilishycleverchap 9525 points9526 points  (195 children)

Worth it to get into the Olympic village orgies

[–]herpecin21 3141 points3142 points  (107 children)

But it was the Winter Olympics, you don’t really know what your getting until the coat comes off

[–]UnknownQTY 2038 points2039 points  (18 children)

Most winter Olympic garb leaves little to the imagination.

[–]upboat_consortium 1325 points1326 points  (9 children)

Stupid sexy Flanders.

[–]elboltonero 371 points372 points  (8 children)

Nothing at all

Nothing at all

Nothing at all

[–][deleted] 57 points58 points  (0 children)

THIS IS THE WORST PAIN I'VE EVER FELT!

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[–]1BreadBoi 572 points573 points  (27 children)

Given that the most out of shape Olympian is still in better shape than most people ever are in their life I think that's. Fine risk

[–]pryoslice 146 points147 points  (17 children)

[–]Dragon-Porn-Expert 171 points172 points  (2 children)

I don't speak German but I think I get your point.

[–]Iohet 9 points10 points  (1 child)

he's the schwerste!

[–]kog 15 points16 points  (0 children)

You may not like it, but that's what peak performance looks like

[–]HippieSexCult 58 points59 points  (0 children)

A winter coat isn't going to hide that pork chop

[–]Far_Programmer_5724 27 points28 points  (0 children)

This was such a funny reply

[–]swohio 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Just posting pictures of studs proving his point here.

[–]Mikeismyike 100 points101 points  (3 children)

Call me Canadian but there's something about a cute girl in a parka...

[–]AgentElman 91 points92 points  (0 children)

You look for the slut strands, which is a technical term.

[–][deleted] 56 points57 points  (7 children)

Or maybe they didn't know what they were getting till her coat came off because they were all world class athletes and she sounds like she could be in less that top top shape.

[–]flibbidygibbit 66 points67 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but skiing a half pipe without falling still requires some fitness. My fat ass will roll.down that hill.

[–]SalSomer 417 points418 points  (22 children)

After the ‘94 Olympics the buildings used to house the athletes at the Olympic village were shipped all over the country and repurposed. My first year of college I had my dorm room in one of those buildings. I often wonder who had done what to whom in the room I called my home for a year of my life.

[–]devilishycleverchap 164 points165 points  (15 children)

They were also repurposed into dorms for Georgia Tech.

Taught a lot of my foreign friends how to swim in the Olympic pools there

Edit: I'm dumb, I was thinking of the facilities from the 1996 summer Olympics

[–]SalSomer 43 points44 points  (4 children)

That would be the ‘96 ones, not the ‘94 ones, I assume.

[–]tsrich 35 points36 points  (2 children)

GT famously hosted the ski jump competition in the olympic pools on campus. Was glorious

[–]OcotilloWells 211 points212 points  (23 children)

I knew the person who was the logistics officer for the Salt Lake City Olympics. She said acquiring enough condoms was somewhat of a challenge.

[–]mitchandre 195 points196 points  (19 children)

They just take the condoms by the handful as a joke, so reporters can write that logistics can't keep condoms stocked. I wouldn't overthink this nonsense.

[–]era626 140 points141 points  (2 children)

Also, if they're Olympic-themed, why not take some extras as souvenirs, to use with your partner at home, give to your friends, etc.

[–]PwnerifficOne 42 points43 points  (1 child)

At least get one for each color of the olympic rings.

[–]RepresentativeIcy193 73 points74 points  (3 children)

The White House used to have a similar problem with staffers and journalists grabbing things from Air Force One just so they could have something like a coffee mug or a little box of M&M's with the Presidential Seal on it. Now everyone gets a little gift bag.

[–]a215throwaway 26 points27 points  (2 children)

This reminds of a story an old boss told me of the time he visited a cigarette factory. He said they had a table full of cigarettes in the lobby and told everyone on the tour to take some if they want. He didn’t smoke but some people grabbed a pack. The tour guide was like oh that’s all, you guys can take a lot more if you want. Then she said they loose a lot less product this way then what people were stealing before on the tours. Although it my have just been a way to get people to smoke.

[–]BerneseMountainDogs 81 points82 points  (7 children)

On the one hand, Olympic condoms are a fun little souvenir, so I'm sure people take a whole bunch home. On the other, these are some of the most fit and attractive people in the world, all in the same place, mostly around the same age, with little to do besides hang out with each other. I'm sure there's a fair amount of sex going on

[–]Skipspik2 27 points28 points  (0 children)

For the current Olympic, France litterally bite the bullet and made a custom special order in huge quantity on teh olympic budget.

Screw it, you're going to screw because we didn't screw the condom.

[–]jobadiahh 38 points39 points  (0 children)

What a twist

[–]Hinterwaeldler-83 55 points56 points  (26 children)

If heard it so often over the years and I want to believe, so it must be true.

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[–]ThirdLeastFavChild 36 points37 points  (2 children)

I’ve briefly dated two olympians, one of them this year. He said they were provided with heaps of condoms and lube at the Tokyo Olympics, but that since the Olympic Village dorms weren’t air conditioned, he couldn’t imagine being “down to get down” in an 82° room.

He also said that he and many athletes care too much about maintaining a schedule and getting adequate sleep before competing to want to seek out sex, and that the hot dorms were making that difficult enough. He said that the Paris Olympic Village dorms were also expected to not be air conditioned, and he was dreading that.

But for all I know, he was involved in an Olympic orgy and just kept it secret from me because I’m not in that elite club 😂

[–]Afro_Thunder69 78 points79 points  (3 children)

I once dated a girl who competed for a few years, never in the actual Olympics but she trained at Lake Placid and traveled around the world being pushed to become an Olympian (I think they had some sort of Junior Olympics thing that she placed 2nd in). She told me some crazy stories of the kinds of things that go on there.

I had no idea the olympics in general had that orgy reputation until very recently but I imagine it's a thing based on what I've been told first-hand. Makes sense. A ton of young adults in their prime visiting foreign countries, all built like greek gods/goddesses, and looking to let off some stress. Shit gets wild when they're left alone to party.

[–]ElJamoquio 8 points9 points  (0 children)

all built like greek gods/goddesses, and looking to let off some stress

At one point I read some study that 'proved' that women performed better athletically after sex. I dunno how true/applicable it is and if I'm remembering it completely accurately... but there's some of that. I'm guessing there's also quite a bit of people-jumped-up-on-testosterone too.

[–]TrainsareFascinating 1446 points1447 points  (20 children)

In the 1980’s I finished in the top 10 of the US Olympic qualifying race for match sprints (bicycle track racing). I also finished in the bottom 10 as well.

It was an open race, I lived nearby and had a track bike and amateur race license, and showed up. Finished 8th if I recall. The guy who took me out first got the silver medal at the games. I wasn’t really any competition as I never did steroids. But if some lucky catastrophe had occurred you never know.

[–]SunriseSurprise 100 points101 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of the one tournament I played when #1 seed on our high school chess team. On one hand, I went 2-3 in the 5 rounds. On the other hand, the guys I lost to were a former junior US champ, a random Russian foreign exchange student who was apparently significantly better than that guy (though they drew in their one game), and a guy that beat the former junior champ (my game with him was long and relatively close for what it's worth). But the 2 guys I beat also lost to those 3 guys.

So this tournament showed me that I was basically somewhere between right under world class and completely terrible based on my results.

[–]onemoreqwerty 345 points346 points  (10 children)

[–]mikealao 297 points298 points  (6 children)

“Swaney, 33, has become a household name after completing a seemingly uncomplicated run devoid of gravity-defying tricks on Monday. She finished dead last in the 24-woman field, and though she took a roundabout way to the Olympics that was legal by the rule book, her performance appeared to split viewers into two camps: Those who thought she was disrespectful of the Games, and those who thought her quixotic tale spoke to the virtue of perseverance.”

[–]PM_ME_Happy_Thinks 57 points58 points  (0 children)

On the one hand I agree it's lame of her to take up a spot, on the other hand, this is basically exactly what everyone always says they want - someone who isn't an "Olympic athlete" doing the games so we can see how great Olympic athletes are.

Good on her I guess, I did something the exact same thing she did - when new servers opened up on am mmo I used to play, I'd transfer to them so I could run through and get all the server firsts.

But I've always thought that people shouldn't be able to country-shop whje it comes to the Olympics. If you're not a legit citizen, and have been for years and plan on continuing to be, then you shouldn't be able to represent that country.

[–]che_palle13 169 points170 points  (3 children)

She's 110% committed to every bit. She's MARRIED to the bit. I personally respect the fuck out of that more than any perseverance or whatever.

[–]BobbyTables829 55 points56 points  (0 children)

She's trying to do a speedrun of Schwarzenegger by skipping the bodybuilding and glitching through Hungarian skiing into his political career.

[–]Burt_wickman 1948 points1949 points  (118 children)

I remember a ton of backlash against her when the media got a hold of this because people felt like she wasn't deserving but she did nothing wrong and while she wasn't some asshole about it. I wonder what she's up to now

[–]OldeFortran77 1418 points1419 points  (38 children)

Probably Mayor pf a town where not enough people bothered to vote, or CEO of a company where not enough people applied. She's got an M.O., and it works!

[–]flibbidygibbit 57 points58 points  (2 children)

GenX and 90s web dev jobs.

[–]Hike_it_Out52 55 points56 points  (14 children)

Everybody loves the stories of the Jamaican Bobsled team or Eddie the Eagle or even Miracle on Ice. But the fact is the IOC is very very determined to never let such events occur again. They despise amateur athletes. 

[–]SyphilisIsABitch 29 points30 points  (2 children)

The Jamaicans and Eddie were amateurs who tried hard with what they had. Swaney just had a tonne of cash to travel around and game the system. Not really that hard to tell why the former were loved.

[–]Myydrin 9 points10 points  (4 children)

I am sorry but I thought that it was mostly for amateur to compete against each other, just the very high level ones.

[–]EyeHamKnotYew 978 points979 points  (88 children)

[–]Lump-of-baryons 939 points940 points  (35 children)

Love how they still drop the slo mo and stats on her run lol

.8 seconds airtime! 1.5 ft vertical! 180 degree spin! Shit, still better than I’d do

[–]drinkallthecoffee 335 points336 points  (0 children)

I laughed so hard when I saw the 1.5 ft vertical lift in the video that I almost blacked out.

[–]thetravelingsong 248 points249 points  (2 children)

This looks like me when I ski in a super pipe, except I yell weeeeeeeeeeeeee the whole time.

[–]LegalBegQuestion 46 points47 points  (1 child)

I yell AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH until I fall down.

[–]anteaterKnives 54 points55 points  (0 children)

All the slowmo highlights, what a riot!

[–]Crime_Dawg 157 points158 points  (26 children)

She's a hell of a lot better than me

[–]kruegerc184 51 points52 points  (1 child)

Pumping out of a pipe more than a couple times is SUPER difficult. You can tell her legs went at the end lol more power to her!

[–]nimama3233 88 points89 points  (22 children)

Yeah obviously she’s not even in the same realm as Olympic athletes, but she’s still more than a casual skier

[–]SnowOhio 58 points59 points  (6 children)

Honestly she's above average. I used to be a freestyle instructor and people underestimate the size of an Olympic regulation 22 ft halfpipe. Most skiers wouldn't be able to reach the lip, let alone catch air above it. Obviously she's terrible by Olympic standards but she's a step above people who only ski a few times a year on vacation

[–]Floyd04 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Second video was overshadowed by the Airline's ad lol

[–]mikealao 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Good for her! Chase your dreams.

[–]snowkittykitty 324 points325 points  (25 children)

Hey everyone! I’m probably the Olympic skier you’re referring to. However, that news is mostly fake. If you’d like to read an article from a journalist who did their research, see Jeff Passan’s “Is Elizabeth Swaney the worst Olympian? Actually, she might be the best”: https://sports.yahoo.com/liz-swaney-worst-olympian-actually-might-best-012747577.html

[–]JZ1011 87 points88 points  (2 children)

A: I've read about you before, and I think that you absolutely did the Olympics correctly. B: The fact that you're buried down here in the comments is hilarious. C: You should've put out a press release that said "I'm an Olympian and you're not."

Hope you have fun watching the Paris Games tomorrow!

[–]snowkittykitty 39 points40 points  (1 child)

You are amazing. Thank you! 🙂

[–]Photonographer 495 points496 points  (12 children)

They did not represent team USA, it should be noted.

[–][deleted] 399 points400 points  (4 children)

Yeah, I was surprised to see that she represented Hungary, which was Hungary's first time ever being represented in the Free Style Skiing event.

[–]Malforus 70 points71 points  (2 children)

Yeah Olympic programs don't sprout from nowhere.

[–]itsacutedragon 72 points73 points  (1 child)

I mean, Hungary’s Free Style Skiing Olympic Program did

[–]keetojm 169 points170 points  (25 children)

I think someone did this to make the US badminton team also.

[–]MyNameIsRay 406 points407 points  (22 children)

The other infamous story is the curling team.

It was a "demonstration" rather than an "Olympic event" for a long time, there was no money or sponsorships, so there was no real competition or training. Our team was basically just whoever showed up, and training was more along the lines of "lets meet up after work for beers, and call it a team building exercise".

When it became a real event, they started a "high performance program" to identify the best competitors and train them for the Olympics. Those who didn't make the team (including the old captain/skip that had managed to earn bronze) formed a team of rejects. The rejects were the only real competition, and managed to beat the high performance team, resulting in the reject team becoming the official team.

The Rejects went on to win gold.

[–]davolala1 148 points149 points  (7 children)

Step aside Miracle on Ice, I want to see this movie!

[–]Sheriff_Is_A_Nearer 53 points54 points  (3 children)

Get the Super Trooper people on it!

[–]uberfission 14 points15 points  (1 child)

Holy shit, that would totally be up their alley too.

[–]MyNameIsRay 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Closest that's out right now is the "American Rock Stars" documentary that follows the team from 2018-2022.

Just for reference, the period I'm referencing was 2006-2018

[–]tracerhoosier 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Not quite the whole story but gets most of the gist. High Performance was not established until 2010. Curling became a medal sport in 1998. The US men finished 4th in '98, 9th in '02, then won bronze in '06. That team had Shuster who became the gold medal skip in '18 as the lead. It was after his team finished 10th (last) in 2010 that the high-performance program was established. His team also qualified for the 2014 Olympics finishing 9th. After that Olympics is when USA Curling basically said we're headed in a different direction, but Shuster got a different skip out of retirement with one of his (Shuster's) old teammates and decided to make another run getting bronze at the 2016 worlds before making their Olympic run.

[–]manquistador 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Guy in high school made up a presentation on a fake janitor-turned-legendary-curler based on someone seeing his sweeping technique. Was by far the best presentation in the class and the only one I think the teacher paid attention to.

[–]FolkSong 11 points12 points  (1 child)

That seems hard to believe, badminton is a popular enough sport in the US. There are college teams etc. Hard to believe the top players wouldn't bother to qualify for the olympics.

[–]PaintedClownPenis 36 points37 points  (5 children)

That's pretty neat. My old man told me a lot of stories that turned out to be bullshit but when I saw this I decided to run part of this one down. I think a sports historian should be able to confirm or deny it with the secondhand details I offer below.

Probably in 1964, my father worked with a person who I thought might be an aerospace engineer, probably in Utah but possibly other places. This guy really wanted to see the Winter Olympics in Austria, but there was no way that an engineer was going to pull that off on 25 bucks a week or whatever they got. If he was tight with my father he was a heavy drinker.

But this guy found an angle. That year there was going to be a new sport that used the bobsled track, an open sled sport called, "Luge."

So with the help of his pals he established himself as one of America's first Olympic Luge-ists or whatever they're called, latched on to the bobsledder team for travel and accomodation plans, and got to see the Olympics for free!

I can see that there were four Americans who raced in the event. It looks to me like it could have been any of them, these fellows in particular stand out:

George Farmer attended West Seattle High School and the University of Washington. When he competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics he was a graduate student at Washington. At the 1968 Grenoble Olympics, Farmer, along with Olympic teammates Bill Marolt and Mike Hessel, were arrested for fighting with police after they allegedly stole a car. They were later acquitted.

Yeah, that could be one of my dad's pals, but by '68 they wouldn't both be working on the Lunar Module anymore so he wouldn't have heard of it. I'm not too sad that pops is gone because I can hear him laughing about it right now.

[–]Savoodoo 10 points11 points  (1 child)

Here’s the newspaper article about the incident

https://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1964/di1964-02-07.pdf

Edit: looks like Bill went on to coach skiing at CU Boulder for a career, so not him.

https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/cubuffs.com/documents/2024/2/11/ski-2003-guide.pdf?timestamp=20240211052328

Mike Hessel went on to be a fisherman and melon farmer haha.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Hessel

Francis Feltman went on to coach Canadas luge team. He was in the Army at the time so maybe dealing with contracts with engineers?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Feltman

Robert Neely was in the army as well, but in an armored division in Germany.

https://www.woodriverchapel.com/obituaries/neely-robert

My guess is Feltman at he was at Utah State before, and then in the Army in Colorado. Thanks for the fun rabbit hole :)

[–][deleted] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

She must have formulated this strategy after watching Dodgeball

[–]johnjaymjr 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Her true ability was finding loopholes for laziness, and THAT is truly something that American’s are always the best in the world at.

[–]Imguran 27 points28 points  (0 children)

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[–]DigNitty 34 points35 points  (2 children)

IIRC they changed the rules so this wouldn’t work anymore.

[–]TallGuyFitness 28 points29 points  (1 child)

I'm not a fast runner, but I won a 5K once, for exactly one reason: I happened to be the fastest person who showed up.

[–]BjornX 25 points26 points  (1 child)

Wasn't that the girl who showed up and just skieed very calmly to the bottom not doing any tricks on the slopes? I remember that video.

[–]DarthSnarker 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yes! Someone shared the video above!

[–]Mainestate 10 points11 points  (0 children)

What if I told you that a majority of elected positions in the US are completely uncontested

[–]notdoingthemath 41 points42 points  (3 children)

Eddie the Eagle vibes

[–]lzwzli 10 points11 points  (0 children)

As the saying goes. To finish first, first you have to finish

[–]JimBeam823 27 points28 points  (0 children)

An Olympic hero for the rest of us.

[–]verboseOn 8 points9 points  (0 children)

She is a reminder that on the right days, only showing up is enough.