Steve Dilbeck: Saved by the board
Dude, thanks for dropping by.
Where would the U.S. be without snowboarding at these Winter Olympics?
We’d be the Netherlands. We’d be struggling to stay ahead of Estonia and South Korea.
By late Saturday afternoon, the U.S. was holding on a disappointing 10 medals. Six of them came from snowboarding, including three golds.
``I told our Olympic committee I thought we could win six medals,’’ said U.S. coach Peter Foley. ``And that’s what we’ve got, with still one event left.’’
The alpine team has been disappointing. The women’s hockey team was stunned. We’ve been shut out in ice skating.
It’s snowboarding to the rescue.
The last snowboard event still scheduled is the parallel giant slalom, and it’s the one snowboard event where the U.S. is without any medal favorites.
Yet without this relatively new sport added to the Winter Games, the U.S. would be even more red-faced than it is.
The kids are all right.
Leave a comment