BEIJING — Two years ago, when Gus Kenworthy decided to capitalize on his dual citizenship and join Team Great Britain, the freestyle skier figured that the switch would offer a much easier path to the 2022 Beijing Games than if he had stuck with the United States. He looked forward to pouring himself into practice, to focusing on his runs, to ditching the stressors that defined the leadups to his past two Winter Olympics appearances in Sochi and PyeongChang.
“I was super excited,” the 30-year-old says. “It has ended up being so much more of a bumpy road than I could’ve even imagined.