Time is currency. And freestyle Olympic skier Quinn Dehlinger cashed in on an opportunity he earned last June.
That's when Quinn got a call from his coach that he'd made the 2026 U.S. Winter Olympic Team.
Quinn narrowly missed out on qualifying for the 2022 Olympics. Qualifying eight months before the Olympics in Italy was a game changer.
"Going into the competitions this year, if I got sick or had a minor injury it lifted a little of the weight off the shoulders," says Quinn.
Aerial skiing is a freestyle discipline. Athletes are often compared to acrobats on skis.
The team trains year-round at its home base in Park City at the Utah Olympic Park where skiers spend all summer perfecting tricks in a pool.
But Quinn grew up in Cincinnati which has become a pipeline for aerial skiers. Four skiers on the Olympic team have ties to the Cincinnati area and they credit the smaller hill for high reps they did on rails and jumps.
