Wasn’t Bogataj in reality a very good skier?
VERY good jumper. VERY good. Like all the Euro jumpers.
I used to go to the Pine Mountain Classic-as they call it now, every year. Thats in Iron Mountain MI.
The jumpers, although they compete against others, will tell you that the number one competitor they compete against is the hill.
I have watched them group up and talk to each other on how the heck they can beat that hill.
The Buffalo Bills went to the Super Bowl 4 years in a row. That means they were better than every team in the NFL except their opponent in the Super Bowl. They lost the Superbowl those four years and were considered the dogs, the worst in the NFL. And yet they were better than everyone else in the league except the team they lost to. Perception.
Jim Kelly was one of the best quarterbacks to ever play in the NFL. But because the Bills didn’t win the Super Bowl he has received very little accolades.
Pop culture, it’s all about perception and very little about reality.