Olympic skier Bode Miller choked yet again in his final race on Saturday. He straddled a gate in the men's slalom just a few seconds into the run.
Miller stood to win five medals at the Olympics this year. However, he finished no better than fifth in any race, and was disqualified from three.
"I've straddled probably more times than most people have finished the slalom," he told reporters after he whiffed in a race earlier this week.
He hurt his ankle on Tuesday in a basketball game. Some say he's "partied harder than he's skied."
Four months ago, he told a Newsweek reporter:
For me, the ideal Olympics would be to go in with all that pressure, all that attention and have performances that are literally tear-jerking, that make people put their heads down because they’re embarrassed at how emotional they’re getting, that make people want to try sports, talk to their kids, call their f---ing ex-wives—and come away with no medals. I think that would be epic. That would be the perfect thing.
In this respect, Bode's living his Olympic dream.
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