PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Eight years ago at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, four racers on the United States ski team combined to win eight medals in the 10 Alpine events, including two golds. The American medal haul, led by Bode Miller, was twice the amount of any other nation.
At the time, the team’s rallying cry was “Best in the World.” The European ski racing establishment occasionally mocked that mission statement. But not in 2010. The Americans were a force.
Four years later at the Sochi Games, five Alpine athletes from the United States team — three men and two women — won five medals.