Better carve out at least five heart-filled minutes for him in Aspen, Colorado, on Saturday. The 41-year-old American ski racer plans to take his sweet time on his final — and leisurely — downhill run before retirement.
Alpine skiing athlete Steven Nyman speaks during the Team USA Media Summit at the Grand Summit Hotel in Canyons Village Tuesday, September 26, 2017.In a typical downhill race, Steven Nyman takes around two heart-pounding minutes to glide his way through the finish.
“I’ve loved every second of it — through the ups and the downs, through the injuries and the victories,” Nyman told The Associated Press in a phone interview ahead of his “retirement party” as the men’s World Cup circuit makes a stop in Aspen this weekend. “I’ve lived an incredible ski life.” U.S. ski team speed coach Randy Pelkey has come full circle with Nyman. He was one of his first coaches more than two decades ago — back when Nyman was “just this fearless guy that was a little bit gangly,” Pelkey said with a laugh. “But he became this physical specimen and the results just went through the roof.”An illustration: Sidelined since December with a shattered right hand, Nyman hasn’t been able to compete with his squad.
One of Nyman’s most prized possessions while growing up was a VHS recording of the 1992 Albertville Olympics. He was mesmerized by Kjetil André Aamodt of Norway winning the super-G and fascinated by AJ Kitt taking ninth in the downhill for the red, white and blue. Another tape given to him was of the 1994 Lillehammer Games, where Tommy Moe won Olympic gold in the downhill.
Nyman was always comfortable around big names. After all, he mowed the lawn of Robert Redford, the star of the 1969 movie “Downhill Racer.” Nyman thought Miller and Daron Rahlves, another iconic American downhiller, were just cool teammates and soaked in anything they taught him.
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