U.S. bobsledder Katie Eberling hoped that in her second attempt to make an Olympic team, she would more or less control her own destiny.
That all changed three weeks ago, when she suffered two high-grade hamstring tears at a preseason camp in Calgary. She would not be able to return in time for national team trials, effectively ending her 2018 Olympic hopes.
Eberling flew home to the Chicago suburbs. She took a few days. Thought about it. Thought about the last few months. Maybe even thought about what happened in January 2014.
Eberling remembered what she prayed on the flight out to Calgary in early September.