Beaver Creek, Colo. • The Olympic podium and any high-altitude visions of gold medals can wait. Those dreams are still more than two months away.
For now, the U.S. men's alpine team is happy to take aim at another prize as it globe-trots from race to race and preps for the PyeongChang Winter Games: a faded denim vest that hasn't been washed in three years.
"It's almost something where we're more focused on winning the vest than winning the race," says Travis Ganong, a 29-year-old who's aiming for his second Olympics. "It's an internal, fun, competitive battle amongst us.