Tess Johnson had been waiting in a Park City hotel room for almost two days, a COVID-caused solitary confinement, when her phone rang at 3:45 p.m. on Jan. 17. It was her coach, Matt Gnoza.…
Owens first, Johnson third in Deer Valley dual moguls
Kai Owens, center, and Tess Johnson, right celebrate Friday’s podium.
Avon’s Kai Owens won a dual moguls event Friday in Deer Valley, Utah, with Vail’s Tess Johnson in third. Here’s the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team release:
Day two of mogul competitions at the Intermountain Healthcare Freestyle International ended with a bang as three Americans, Kai Owens, Hannah Soar, and Tess Johnson triumphantly stood on top of the podium at the base of Deer Valley’s Champion course. Loads of fresh snow and low visibility didn’t stop 16-year-old Owens from capitalizing on Thursday’s career-best to earn her first-ever World Cup win (despite only having 10 World Cup starts under her belt). Owens bested her teammate Hannah Soar in the big final to take the win. This marks the first time in history that Americans have swept a dual moguls World Cup competition, and demonstrates the might of the #powHERhouse women’s mogu
With canceled events and limited training, athletes continue to train for 2022 Winter Olympics
Future of the Summer Olympics still in question
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The future of the Summer Olympics is still up in the air, and could indicate the future of the 2022 Games in Beijing.
Even with all the restrictions and obstacles, athletes are pushing forward and finding ways to train.
âI started skiing on the World Cup Tour when I was 15 years old, and made the Olympics when I was 17. Now, Iâm here training for the 2022 games in Beijing,â Tess Johnson, Olympic mogul skier with the U.S. Freestyle Ski Team, said. âWe dedicate our lives to this sport. We eat, sleep, breathe mogul skiing and that s what we have to do to be the best.â