During the winter olympics, Elizabeth Swaney was sneaky. She wanted to compete in the Olympics, not because she wanted to win gold, but because she just wanted to be in the Olympics. Elizabeth Swaney was not the best skier in the United States so it would be harder to qualify. She had an idea.

She knew that there are not many people participating for Hungary in the Olympics. But her mother came from Hungary so she decided to go participate for Hungary in half pipe skiing. She qualified for the Olympics for Hungary, competed in half pipe skiing and came in last. She didn’t care because all she wanted was to compete in Olympics.

I think that this is a little unfair because other people who trained their whole life to get into the olympics probably didn’t get in. But she only had to qualify in a country where not many people are participating in the winter Olympics.

This is kind of sneaky, but smart too because in the United States where she is supposed to participate she would have had less of a chance. I am happy if this has inspired people to believe in themselves.

Thank you for reading,

Penguin