Dybvig Ranks Twenty-eight in Qualifying Round
Team Sprint athlete Evan Dybvig finished 28th in men's moguls qualifications
and did not compete in the finals.
Finland's Janne Lahtela won the gold, and U.S. Skier Travis Meyer
took the silver.
Fellow team Sprint athlete Jonny Moseley was unable to repeat his
1998 gold medal in mens moguls and narrowly missed a bronze
by .13 of a point.
Moseley finished fourth, despite a flawless execution of his revolutionary
Dinner Roll jump that left the crowd gasping.
After two seasons of finishing seventh in the world, Dybvig was
hopeful his success would continue. Things didn't go as planned.
At a training camp in Winter Park, Colo., in November, he tore a
ligament in his knee. Determined to achieve his life-long dream
of winning a medal, he was forced to ski through the pain. Dybvig
placed third in one World Cup event and sixth in another, qualifying
him for the games in Salt Lake City.
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