Hannah Kearney, the two-time Olympic medal-winning mogul skier, ate dinner with her friends from the U.S. ski team late last month and offered some tips for their upcoming trip. Much of what she said was simply practical (“you’re going to walk through a lot of metal detectors”) and some was meant to help on the hill (“the pressure isn’t real, it’s all in your head”).
Team USA knew for years they would find Kearney on the podium at the end of a competition. Kearney now has retired from the sport. She is finishing her final semester at Westminster College in Sugar House, focusing on marketing research rather than navigating the mogul course.