How One Woman Scammed Her Way Into the 2018 Olympics

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[@Wendoverproductions]

Your mistakes are bad and you should feel bad too

[@JakStat]

can you link the olympics video?

[@yoshimurahirihito]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZaUlptqmdBlmJY

[@halfasinteresting]

@@Wendoverproductions Ok airplane man

[@errir4042]

@@halfasinteresting isn't wendover productions just a second channel? Are you replying to yourself

[@jp1563]

I did an internship in Singapore in college, while there I met an elderly retired couple of expats from Canada. They had just got through representing Singapore in the Japan winter olympics. They apparently got called (without requesting it) by the Singapore government and were asked if they knew any winter sports. They said, "yes curling" and were offered the opportunity to "try out" for the Singapore olympic team. They went to what they thought would be a tryout, just for fun, they had only every curled on an amature level with friends on rare occasions, but thought it would be fun. When they arrived, they found they were the only ones trying out, and they were already considered on the team. They came in next to last in the Japan Olympics, but got to spend the entire olympics living in the Olympic village, meeting professional athletes, and had having an amazing vacation paid for by the Singapore government.

[@peterdonlon2083]

That’s frikin awesome!

[@RyszardPoster27]

Are there some articles about that? I'd like to read more about it

[@thetravellingbloke2992]

Wait what? My country had someone in the winter Olympics (in a country in the tropics) that gotta be something really funny

[@mymoomin0952]

Wait who came actual last How did they not lose

[@mymoomin0952]

Are you sure you have the country right? Afaict Singapore first competed in the 2018 winter Olympics and didn't send any curlers

[@bean207]

Completly cheesed her way into the Olympics, I respect the hustle

[@jacks5369]

Hey you gotta chase the cheese role

[@Colt-dr6qw]

Ik it isn’t really a scam she did it pretty legit it seems like

[@hvguy]

💯 she's a winner in my book

[@smolkafilip]

I gotta admit that it's pretty funny, but consider this. To be there and just lazily slide down the slope she displaced an actual competitor who worked hard and risked injury every day to get good and for whom making it into the Olympics would have been the high point of her life. An actual crowning achievement to someone's thousands of hours of hard work. Imagine being number 25 on that list, watching the Olympics at home, knowing how close you came to being there and then seeing number 24 who took your slot pull this shit. If she really had to take that olympic slot and be there just to be able to call her self an Olympian, she could have at least trained for real in her own time outside of those qualifying races and actually present a competitive performance during her run.

[@lolguy-x9n]

😁 she worked hard.

[@cjeam9199]

That’s goddamn brilliant. I would like to point out that she didn’t cheat to get in, she legitimately got to the Olympics, competed, and scored points. Just for skiing down a half-pipe. She is an olympic level half-pipe skiier.

[@BenoHourglass]

"How One Women Exploited the Rules to Get Into the Olympics" would be a better title

[@shredy7885]

Definitely not Olympic level not even close at all😂😂😂

[@danieljensen2626]

@@shredy7885 She legitimately qualified for and competed in the Olympics, by default that means her performance was Olympic level. It just so happens that the bar for Olympic level half pipe skiing is extremely low right now.

[@henryhall1192]

​@@danieljensen2626 Yeah it just sucks when she gets her way in, and Sarah Burke died while training to get to the olympics. She was not risking her life like the other pipe skiers that worked their whole lives to get there. She had the money to pay to go the competitions, not many people get that opportunity without earning it.

[@gigglyme2001]

Henry Hall anyone that goes to the olympics pretty much has the money to get there. Even with sponsors, it’s expensive so I don’t believe she really had an edge money wise. Also, her lack of tricks or whatever didn’t contribute to another competitor dying. That’s really sad someone died but risking your life isn’t a qualification to get to compete in the olympics. (Just to clarify, I’m not at all trying to make less of the girl’s death. That is tragic)

[@M.R._Saar]

"Two decades ago, in 2018..." I don't think he realized how accurate this statement was going to be.

[@AM-du7si]

2038: hold my calendar

[@kamladevi4500]

@@AM-du7si are you a time traveller this is year 2021

[@legendarylightning676]

In 2038, 32-bit system dates will crash. So yes, hold my calendar

[@colonelgraff9198]

2018 was like over 50 Netflix seasons ago…

[@katilyn498]

i think he meant two years ago

[@maggieiscoming9828]

Y’a know, I think it wasn’t quite a scam. I think she found the best way to complete her dream when she knew it was almost impossible.

[@williamschneider5869]

Completely agree. Also it was annoying how the narrator kept calling her a bad athlete. The vast vast majority of people aren't as good at skiing as her

[@topogigio7031]

Won't have to ever worry about my job going to someone younger like all the people I took over, you Zoomers are a literal regression of humanity

[@CB-rv2lj]

@@williamschneider5869 yeah if theyve never skied before or don't have the means to ski as in living nowhere near a mountain lmao.

[@kimanireid9617]

Agreed

[@tylerlackey1175]

@@williamschneider5869 hope she sees this bro 👍

[@archvermin]

I've gotta say I'm impressed she did enough research to find her way into the Olympics like that. I don't even read the cookie disclaimer on websites sometimes.

[@meoswald9131]

No wander usually You will find just plain BS.But not always. You are in free world, You have right to choose from.

[@gcsgamingcommunity4087]

Everyone’s talking about “2 decades ago” and “thirteenth place”, but the hell is the deal with how Sam says Nazis in the sponsorship segment?

[@danpjordan59]

GC's Gaming Community nazees

[@DG-jq7il]

Inglorious Bastards, and a way around KZbin censorship

[@Only.D.G.]

Muh nazis bad

[@mrmimeisfunny]

I think it is to avoid Demonetization.

[@theoriginalshew]

You can't say Nazi or else YT demonitizes you. I'm surprised he even showed the swastika. The Lock Picking Lawyer just did a video where the keyhole looked like a swastika (by a company in a country where it still means peace) but he couldn't say what that symbol was because of KZbin guidelines.

[@eon1166]

I just automatically assumed “two decades ago” was a joke lol.

[@eddyzow]

Yea, Sam has a thing of making purposeful mistakes on HAI

[@David_Box]

It is only 2 years ago, 1 dacade if you say so, but how it 2 dacades?

[@leonard6822]

Comments supports the youtuber. Hundreds of people telling him he said something wrong is a good thing. And here's my comment about it:-D

[@David_Box]

@Guiep well didn't i Say that?

[@ObjectsInMotion]

It’s two decades if you count the current decade as one and 2018 as being in the last decade.

[@jamesk370]

I have a soft spot in my heart for anyone who finds a way to turn a system's rules against it self.

[@Daniellasanche]

"System" ??? You mean rules so that people are held to a professional athletic standard with as little corruption and cheating as possible?

[@trla6505]

@@Daniellasanche yeah my thoughts exactly, there is " beating the system " and this

[@mariusvanc]

@@Daniellasanche She held herself to those standards. Did she cheat? No. Did she buy her way in, bribe an official, or anything like that? No. It's not her fault the sport is so thinly practiced and represented, but that's the situation many "olympic" sports find themselves in. Half-pipe is hardly the only one. The olympic committee decided this is ok, and so did every skiing organization around the world. It seems to be not very professional or athletic from the ground up. If there aren't enough countries and participants in a given sport, it should just be canceled from the official schedule until it becomes more popular through the actions of the advocating sports organizations (if they insist on being in the olympics).

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

You'll love Smokey Yunick.

[@aryanurag]

Some people dream of winning a gold, some just dream of participating in Olympics . She had a dream, she went for it & she realized it. I respect that hustle. If she would have taken someone more deserving's spot then it was different. But i don't see any wrongdoing on her part here. Reminds me a lot of Eddie the eagle's story.

[@catherine9468]

Wow embarrassing the entire country of Hungary for ego reasons and making them a laughingstock, fun

[@JaharNarishma]

@@catherine9468 but she didn't make laughing stock out of Hungary. The other Olympic athletes learned about her background. It was clearly not Hungary's pride she was representative of. Viewers of the event got to see a regular person to compare with and anyone that was interested in how she got there could find the answer relatively quickly. I didn't even knew about her, let alone trying to find it, but I knew within 12 hours. And this was not about Hungary, it was about her. She invested time and money into a dream and managed to realize it. It was all her doing.

[@warriorprincessharmony]

@@catherine9468 Grow up.

[@jameson1239]

The only reason she competed was because other skiers were injured she wouldn’t have made it if one of seven people was healthy she was incredibly lucky

[@occupyallthethings]

​@@catherine9468if anything she encouraged more participation from Hungary because she just proved that anybody can make it to the Olympics

[@rycx3945]

And yet you remember Elizabeth Swaney, but not the other 23 skiiers

[@piranha031091]

"-You are without doubt the worst skier I've ever heard of!" "-But you _have_ heard of me."

[@iurim]

bruh, she inspired me i'm gonna fake my way into the next olympics game

[@arelr6822]

@@iurim no you ain't

[@cuddlemeheywoodu]

I know the phenomenal Kelly Sildaru, who was already the by far best in the world that time despite being a young teenager...but she was too young to compete, sadly.

[@lmilne2635]

Same with Eddie the Eagle. Nobody remembers who got gold.

[@alexaa6039]

I guess that’s also “freestyle” skiing

[@AllonKirtchik]

Myrex no style skiing

[@reihanboo]

literally freestyle. free of style

[@LukasSchroederFilms]

Rei huh

[@danieljensen2626]

She was basically the average person we've all dreamed about having for comparison in the Olympics.

[@trueValara]

0:50 that was two decades ago?!? wow, time flies by fast.

[@mesanders1113]

2020 should count as 2 decades by itself

[@matthewkruse234]

Lol yeah. I had to replay it and make sure I wasn’t hearing things. 🧐

[@matthewkruse234]

Also at 2:32 it says 30 on the screen but he says 13th 🤔

[@firemoon2032]

@@matthewkruse234 do u mean 2:32?

[@matthewkruse234]

@@firemoon2032 lol oops. I’ll fix that. Thanks

[@Ehons]

I actually saw this in person at the Olympics and everyone thought it was a test run by an event organiser. It was really baffling to watch.

[@Henry-hr9ze]

Idk man.. I've never been to the Olympics. Swaney: 1 Me: 0

[@neelparmar6690]

Henry as they say, blame the game, not the player

[@AB0BA_69]

Neel Parmar yeah I don’t know why Sam thought it would be a good idea to make this hit peace video

[@mog7501]

@@AB0BA_69 because it's HALF AS INTERESTING as other videos!

[@LukasSchroederFilms]

Exactly, she didn’t put in the proper effort. Kinda rude to the real athletes

[@AB0BA_69]

Lukas Schroeder Films rude? This is a competition, not a popularity contest. Do you insist that little league losers get participation trophies too?

[@owenaraujo]

2:32 *Screen*: 30th place HAI: 13th place

[@mayrln]

his name is sam

[@eddyzow]

Yea, it’s pretty much an inside joke. Sam always inserts a couple of “mistakes” on purpose

[@declaniii6324]

He said it was actually an accident while he was voice recording

[@AD-ui6sk]

eddyzow ah yeah that’s awesome to do in a educational video

[@yedunson9916]

@@declaniii6324 Which one is RIGHT?

[@The_Other_Ghost]

The real title: Smart woman finds a loophole to compete in the Olympics.

[@flaetsbnort]

...then wastes it by skiing enventlessly down a half-pipe

[@The_Other_Ghost]

@@flaetsbnort And doesn't break a bone by trying to pull off a trick.

[@ManfrodHasselhoff]

The real title: Smart woman finds a loophole to embarasse an entire country in front of the whole world for egoistic reasons.

[@giggitygiggity5986]

400th like my Olympic achievement 😂😂😅

[@simonseis744]

@@ManfrodHasselhoff You could just shorten that to "Woman acts like a woman"

[@loveliestcharlotte]

"Her only trick, if you can call it that, was a half-spin only about a foot above the ground, a move about as difficult as hitting a golf ball into the ocean." Me who cannot even lift a golf club or jump with skis: that's really good

[@radude4763]

Hitting a golf ball is really hard

[@cat21860]

As someone who accumulated 5 whole minutes upright on skis over the course of a 4 hour rental; Good on her, that shit’s hard.

[@svdf]

Last time i was this early, airplanes still flew

[@loganreuter6072]

Last time I was this early the airlines weren’t losing half their customers

[@tjl2836]

Last time I was this early, I thought BRIGHT SIDE was reliable.

[@amcnlin1030]

Last time I was this early... I was never this early.

[@hawkproductions7674]

Last time I this early HAI still released his videos on all Thursdays and half of TUESDAYS!!!

[@firozosman]

Brutal man. But still epic!

[@TheSecondVersion]

You gotta respect a gal who knows how to game the system without breaking the rules.

[@justicewarrior9187]

You mean claiming #metoo??

[@makssachs8914]

@@justicewarrior9187 you can thank the unholy abomination that is feminism for this even being possible.

[@lobotomite2]

what in tarnation is happening down in this reply section

[@ammaralamer659]

According to the comment literally above your's (at least on my screen), she received her Master's degree from Harvard. So you could say she is a smart ass.

[@adamvialpando106]

@@makssachs8914 The people she displaced were other women so I don't see how feminism even applies here. Maybe instead of using terms you see on tv you could give legitimate criticism.

[@_qwe_fk_1700]

Well she didnt scam her way in the Olympics, she just found a way in.

[@onzbrau]

yeah what the hell, the whole video he talks as though she's a really bad and dishonest person, I was waiting for the climax of the story but there was none, she didn't lie to anyone or scam anyone or screw anyone over? It's just a funny story

[@koverpy426]

@@onzbrau Just titles trying to be funny, and that's how media reported her.

[@michaelmccarthy4615]

She used loopholes in the system that's all.

[@youneke]

The responses in this comment thread shows the integrity of the commenters and the things you guys will do to get recognition or get ahead in life. Pathetic group.

[@michaelmccarthy4615]

@@youneke look who's talking....

[@streetrider11]

Ok her run wasn't as bad as I thought 😂 I was imagining her just riding straight down the middle

[@dundun8640]

Haha same

[@jooleebilly]

She reminds me of a certain middle aged "break dancer" who brought us the "Kangaroo" move.

[@saldan3985]

I mean she managed to do nothing and got into the Olympics, That in itself deserves a Medal

[@StahpShop]

Yea I ain't mad lol shits funny

[@TheGogeta222]

The golden Gooseberry xD

[@ManfrodHasselhoff]

Embarassing an entire country to the whole world for egoistic reasons is also quite an achievement. I hate that woman with a passion for it. I can't even imagine how the hungarians feel.

[@LostSnipeHunter]

Do nothing? That woman did quite a bit. The logistics, the time, the money that she sunk into this is not insignificant. Sure she went for the tortoise over the hare but see plugged away knowing the odds were in her favor over time. Props really.

[@MikeBaxterABC]

This remends me of when I was in school, a class mate of mine one the "French Speaking Stage Play" compitition at our school with a 100% perfect schore (the only 100% score) ... by saying only Oui and Non once each, in the play. She got wind of the scopring method, wich deducted a point for every error one made while speaking, and they had no choce but to awward her first place.

[@wil-fri]

One time I got 1st place in a similar way for a math contest -from a draw- they gave us the four options, I only put the variables on the equation until find the correct, the other guy was in shock

[@WildBluntHickok]

The brit-com Red Dwarf referred to this as French style scoring for literature. Rimmer said life with his parents was like that, with every mistake making him less and less in their eyes with no way to gain back lost ground. Quite frankly after watching the show for decades I'd say his parents were clearly a lost cause and he should've stopped caring what they thought of him ages ago.

[@mousermind]

*won

[@jinjurbreadman]

@@mousermind thank you!

[@apburner1]

@@mousermind That is the only error you bothered to note?

[@WoolfJ35]

I mean I'm actually impressed by this that took determination to figure out the rules and how to bend them, and she did that and she can now say that she was an Olympian and no one can stop her. Bravo

[@drabnail777]

Yes...truly..inspirational...defo something to tell the kids...

[@mcc-ru1mt]

@@drabnail777 yes? that IS something to tell the kids lol

[@catherine9468]

@@mcc-ru1mt Wow embarrassing the entire country of Hungary for ego reasons and making them a laughingstock, fun

[@mcc-ru1mt]

@@catherine9468 How does this in any way embarrass en entire country? Lol are you dense, it's never that serious.

[@stansman5461]

@@catherine9468 That kinda falls on the country for sending her without any skill assessment. If I came to your door and said "I can babysit your kids” and you came back to find them full of junk food, that's on you for being irresponsible.

[@bbrodriguez33]

In my opinion she deserved to be there. It's simple, she made the effort, qualified and therefore deserved to be there regardless of her talent level.

[@zackwhite9233]

@jared price wait what? Ppl were being disqualified because they were too good? Can u elaborate on that?

[@jc3drums916]

@jared price No, the Olympics are about each country sending their best (as in, the best relative to the athletes they have) to compete. I can't call myself one of the best in my country if I'm ranked 50th in my country, and the Olympics defined it as the top 24 or whatever. OTOH, if someone else sucks worse than I do, but they're representing a country with a weak team, they can still call themselves one of the best for their country. If you want a competition that only has the best of the best regardless of country, the Olympics ain't it, no matter how much you want it to be.

[@zacharyhenderson2902]

@jared price you're lying. There was NOBODY else who qualified from Hungary. If she hadn't gone then nobody would have taken her place

[@luisdexton2539]

@jared price nah If you wanna represent a country like the us you gotta fight for it. Dont put it on a country Luxembourg because it’s easier to represent them. It’s a choice and privilege to treat a sport as a job. You have to be the best you can be for your country don’t worry what the fuck the other countries have to do to qualify. I swear some of y’all people be soft af

[@hungryjack8032]

@jared price no different than affirmative action. She was rewarded for being smart enough to use all the options available to her even though she wasn't the best qualified.

[@lukasgoodrich1285]

i think this video throws a lot of shade to somebody who was just really clever 🤷‍♂️

[@loveitftw]

I mean the fekker just exploited the rules. 😂 Just because you can doesn't mean you should. People have mad tespect for the game and people work a lot for it since they're also representing the country it's about honor as well etc. She didn't do anything of that, every loser can join if you just want to bad enough but that doesn't mean they're accurately qualified for the thing. Like why would anyone send someone like her for their country, it's embarrassing. She didn't take it seriously and it means a lot for real athletes to be in the Olympics. Even if she didn't take any spots lol. I think the problem lays there 🤷‍♀️

[@catherine9468]

@@Cherriepo Wow embarrassing the entire country of Hungary for ego reasons and making them a laughingstock, fun

[@catherine9468]

Wow embarrassing the entire country of Hungary for ego reasons and making them a laughingstock, fun

[@northdkt7088]

@@catherine9468 stop copy-pasting your comment on every other reply section xD I don't think ppl ever judge an entire country based on 1 or 2 athletes anyways I have seen athletes embarass themselves, but have never really relate it to their countries

[@skullcrusherm7425]

She is a inspiration for all mediocre people including me

[@flipmaya]

She has a master’s degree from Harvard.

[@hpdpco6634]

And me too.

[@suki4146]

@@flipmaya shut the... Let me dream.

[@maryamm8379]

@@suki4146 😂😭😭

[@matthewdouglas8368]

Master's degree in mediocrity

[@CaseNumber00]

Tbh, she didnt scam her way, lying about her credentials, she just took advantage of rules and such. I think she deserved to be there and her score. We should probably praise her for finding a glaring flaw in how the admitting process.

[@jasondashney]

How come all the comments are on her nuts, yet when a rich person does this people lose their shit? They'll legally do something and people are furious?

[@sion8]

@@jasondashney Because like it or not this is just as dishonest, everyone else puts their hearts and souls into the competition (although cheaters exists everywhere), she got in on technicalities. She looked at the rules on how to get in, not exactly hard and made a plan to be able to get in without really doing much. People also get mad a rich people, you must be not paying attention!

[@jasondashney]

@@sion8 Ummmm.....methinks you should read my comment again ;-P

[@sion8]

@@jasondashney Legality doesn't always mean done honestly, like legally available loophole when it comes to tax evasion, still very legal but dishonest.

[@adamvialpando106]

Hell, most scams are technically legal.

[@superdestrier9160]

There needs to be some mediocrity so the top athletes can look better and compete in more Olympics.

[@FNLNFNLN]

The Olympics weren't meant for professional athletes to compete in anyways.

[@MrGksarathy]

@@FNLNFNLN But we did away with that idea, and rightfully so.

[@Dan-zc3ou]

Honestly, she's more inspiring to me than all the other athletes put together, she's an icon.

[@Alonzi.]

I don’t think that’s true

[@catherine9468]

Wow embarrassing the entire country of Hungary for ego reasons and making them a laughingstock, fun

[@Alonzi.]

@@catherine9468 I don’t think anyone really noticed or cared

[@kazabushy]

The scammer of the 2024 Olympics Award goes to... "Raygun" [Enter writhing, fish flopping, wounded roo jumping, crawling, Raygun]🇦🇺🤭

[@NoahSpurrier]

I thinks she's kind of awesome. She didn't really hurt anybody since she didn't take a spot from a qualified athlete.

[@athirkell]

She definitely caused those 7 injuries though...

[@1.4142]

@@athirkell just like michael scarn

[@CasualObserver9493]

No, she did. She embarrassed an entire nation (and one she had virtually no connection with) and all its previous and future Olympic athletes and turned them into a global laughingstock as "official" representatives of arguably "the worst Olympian of all time!" She even had the nerve to say in her post-run interview, "I just wanted to make Hungary proud" after embarrassing the entire country and their Olympic committee. I will admit, what she did is not a scam. But it truly was a selfish act that was a giant sharp needle in the eye of an entire nation!

[@dr.science_0177]

@@CasualObserver9493 ever heard of eagle Eddie?

[@giovannilloretsorribas2836]

@@dr.science_0177 Eddie the eagle at least did his best

[@infinityvy]

Elisabeth out there proving that madlad is unisex

[@benhuang2773]

Mad lass

[@joshuawan7004]

@raffle baffle lad is just the male version of lassie, right?

[@ehtuanK]

madlady

[@The_Other_Ghost]

@@ehtuanK According to urban dictionary she doesn't quality as a "madlad". To me it sounds like she had a good laugh.

[@gavdaddy617]

Elizabeth: I was in the Olympics! Stranger: How good did you do? Elizabeth: *Yes*

[@institutespencer]

When you can't even get the overused meme right

[@gazpachopolice7211]

Considering she can stand on her feet 100 times longer than I can on skis, forget that she can actually ski, I think she deserves to be in the Olympics.

[@Kaledrone]

This isn't about an average bum like you, of course she can ski better than most people in the world because most people in the world have NEVER FUCKING SKIIED. We are comparing her against other professionals and other Olympians, not an average bum like you. And in that context she definitely does not deserve to be in the Olympics, simple as. Your mental gymnastics don't change that.

[@TheHuskyK9]

Gotta give it to her, she finessed the system and actually got into a competition that less than 1% of the world's population can compete in. That's impressive

[@conorcrowley6256]

"Greatest Olympic scams" Russia:*Visibly Sweats*

[@BJGvideos]

How about that time East Germany entered a guy in women's events? Not a trans woman but a man they presented as a woman. Or the time that a marathon "runner" was found to have left the track and caught vehicle rides multiple times?

[@BJGvideos]

@Paul Tello They're very much women. Please speak with professionals about that intolerance of yours.

[@danikahicks2210]

@@BJGvideos ♡

[@rainpooper7088]

BJGvideos They still shouldn’t be in female sports. Even if they have a „female brain“, their chromosomes will always be XY and their physique will reflect that, giving them an unfair advantage over the biologically female competition. If a biological woman pumped herself up with testosterone for years, she’d be disqualified on the spot (so are transmen btw., as far as I know, they aren’t even allowed to compete in men’s sports because extra testosterone is always considered doping there), so somebody who has been under the influence of testosterone for years should be held to the same standard, no matter where the stuff came from.

[@BJGvideos]

@@rainpooper7088 I feel like that's an entirely different issue though.

[@seanmcdonald5859]

Its not really a scam . . . . . .its exploiting a system legally. Its also worth noting that Elizabeth put in a lot of effort and time attending and legitimately competing in qualifying events to get to the Olympics and her efforts led to her being able to legitimately attend and compete at an Olympic level.

[@catherine9468]

Wow embarrassing the entire country of Hungary for ego reasons and making them a laughingstock, fun

[@andrewsalamoun7117]

It's funny how Swaney is, according to the actual founding principles of the Olympics, one of the only people in the current modern Olympics who would even have been allowed to compete in the early modern Olympics. They were first set up such that ONLY amateurs were allowed in to the Olympics. Now there are rules to BAN amateurs (since Eddie the Eagle (who would make a great video topic)). The Olympics are now the complete opposite of what they were originally meant to be, and if they'd started out that way we never would have gotten Cool Runnings...

[@anzaca1]

The modern Olympics are meant to showcase the best in the world. In ancient times, there was no such thing as professional sports etc, so this wasn't possible.

[@jakeryan4545]

@@anzaca1 They are talking about the modern Olympics. The modern Olympics originally were only for amateurs, professionals weren't allowed. This slowly changed depending on the sport, and besides some hold outs like figure skating, basically disappeared with the US basketball "Dream Team" in 92.

[@oceanstaiga5928]

I mean they kinda do limit professional player such as in basketball etc

[@BitcoinMotorist]

To only allow amateurs was an underhanded way to limit competition. Aristocrats wanted to compete in the games without those pesky and fit working class athletes getting in there and taking all the medals

[@n8tehgr8est]

This sort of lives on in soccer and hockey. If the top leagues or governing organizations like NHL and FIFA don't allow their players to go, it basically becomes a semi-pro category.

[@SELLOSEBOTHOMA015]

My country doesn't even have ice of any kind and I'm gonna try emulate her hustle 1000%

[@randomname1251]

She didn’t care what people expected, she was going to be an Olympian. And by god, she was! She had NO FEAR! 🤩

[@catherine9468]

Wow embarrassing the entire country of Hungary for ego reasons and making them a laughingstock, fun

[@cloroxbleach7262]

**Says 13th** ***Shows 30th*** **says 2 decades ago** **shows 2018, 2 years ago**

[@keemi3959]

He’s dumb

[@RumorsOfPie]

@@keemi3959 That's your definition of dumb? Visual mistakes?

[@vittocrazi]

@@RumorsOfPie not proofreading is dumb.

[@viveka2994]

@@vittocrazi 4 mistakes is pretty good lmao

[@jaydirt316]

This woman is a genius. Unlike the vast majority of people, she can say that she participated at the olympics.

[@yikes7918]

She just looks thick-skinned and shameless from my point of view but whatever.

[@ethangandy3031]

It's shameless and I don't know how someone can actually look at themselves in the mirror after doing something like this. My dad is an above avg cross country skier but nowhere close to Olympic level yet he could've done the exact same thing for any country without a team. The thing is he is an athlete and even the thought of entering a prestigious competition he isn't ready for would disgust him.

[@jaydirt316]

She didn’t do anything illegal. She followed the proper procedures and beat the system. I wish I had thought of something like this.

[@pedronunes3063]

@@ethangandy3031 If you can't do better than someone that ISN'T EVEN TRYING, you don't deserve it.

[@ethangandy3031]

@@pedronunes3063 I'm confused what your talking about. Are you saying other oympians should've been ashamed?

[@adiltariq196]

Tbh she didn't scam her way in. Convince me otherwise but she just used street-smarts to find loopholes in any olympic sporting events and eventually got lucky and made her way in. By the looks of it, she just wanted the satisfaction of being an Olympic athlete lol. It's a funny story, not nearly are negatively connotated as the guy in the video made it seem. If you search her up, she went to Harvard so you gotta at least give her credit for using her brain to make it, and she made it to both Harvard and the Olympics so she's definitely one-up on the rest of our quarantined asses rn lmao.

[@KnakuanaRka]

Adil Tariq Yeah, more like poor Eddie the Eagle I guess?

[@jsplit9716]

Also she probably spent a ton of money on this dream. Going to all the FIS events all over the world isn't exactly cheap.

[@andrewhiser9965]

HAI guy didn't seem all that negative to me, he just has a wry, sarcastic sense of humor

[@drabnail777]

scam, cheat, cheesed, default, on a technicality etc. all bad stuff

[@A3_ashleigh]

It's crazy that I actually remember watching her perform live and being so confused

[@MP-cv6if]

See just simple tricks do the tirck

[@startrek0336]

The phrase "participating is everything" gets a whole new meaning now

[@MattOlsen294]

2018, two WHOLE decades ago. Damn.

[@Cookieolicity]

Time sure does fly

[@cerjmedia]

I just assumed it was a joke

[@funky7127]

@@Cookieolicity well with that logic, time is grounded

[@evanreaume4773]

She didn’t scam her way in she was just a genius

[@atlasflame5815]

0:50 Two decades ago, in 2018 Bruh

[@notachinesespypleasebeliev8954]

阿特拉斯火焰 lol

[@TheLegoPerson]

2:30 also 13th or 30th?

[@DrowsySquid75]

2:33 All the way down to a single point for 13th... what are you doing Sam

[@knocturna9731]

It feels like it.

[@jaydub2971]

This week has been quite a year

[@sidmahadevan]

she finessed her way in without taking the place from anyone more deserving. it's actually genius

[@robertwilloughby8050]

A little fact about Eddie the Eagle. On quite a few occasions, when he tried to jump after the Olympics, he would put in humongous jump, but wouldn't be able to stick the landing. The East German ski jumping coach said if Eddie had been got hold of at the latest 14, he would have been considered a natural. But it was too late for Eddie. (And if anybody mentions the glasses, remember that Weissflog had specialist contact lenses that were almost Eddie's strength).

[@jamesmax]

Now all I can think of is an Absolute Unit of a Mad lass laughing like Mark Hamill`s Joker going 0.5mph down the half pipe while commentators and the whole world look on in bewilderment.

[@levtokol8649]

In grade 7 or so, I did something similar. Everyone in the class had to try out for at least 3 track and field events to appease the teacher, and I wound up in an event basically no one picked. Come meet day, I finished the run many laps behind the competition, but as far as I remember I still qualified for the next tier. Weird rulings are great. Celebrate Elizabeth Swaneys!

[@dietrichpriebe9279]

Yeah my track and field skill was picking something no one else wanted to do... Distance running. I was totally average and would get killed during the track meets.

[@tickercruse3177]

This reminds me of some post that said the Olympics should include an average person to show how much skill the real athletes are showing “Wow would you look at Rad Dan doing a triple flip to a perfect landing what an amazing move, and now here comes Average Joe! Look at him go... barely speeding up and the only doing the smallest jumps by just sliding up.”

[@jasondashney]

Damn right when it comes to hockey. People don't understand how incredible the average 4th line garbage plug who sits half the time in the press box is.

[@clockhanded]

My god. She is the spirit animal of every teammate in I ever had. As in, its absolutely stunning that my teammates managed to obtain the game, install it successfully, navigate the menus, arrive on my team, and then after all that, perform miserably.

[@jaktheawesome]

Why is this getting recommended to me 4 years later?

[@Felixkeeg]

Well, she's been technically correct. The best kind of correct

[@mio1260]

I know the 2 decades was an accident - but it’s hilarity because of how insane 2019 & 2020 has been so far.

[@prostakuk]

*rainer wolfcastle voice* that's the joke.

[@ethancroft2560]

0:49 "Two decades ago, in 2018..." 2:29 "A single lonely point for 13th" (Shows 30th on screen) Seriously, who wrote and edited this?

[@daidarabotchi3891]

The first one is a joke, the second one is a genuine error.

[@andrashennel3765]

He is just tired 'cause the complains.

[@TokyoXtreme]

I’m guessing that the narrator simply reads what is written, as he has no creative or editorial control. Who knows who is writing these scripts.

[@ToomanyFrancis]

He writes in errors on purpose because he will get thousands of comments correcting them. Comments increase the audience interest rating, which increases the chance of this video showing up in your suggested. Looks like it worked, the video was in your suggested and you commented about the errors, now the video was in my suggested and I am replying to your comment once again boosting the video's audience interest rating so it will probably show up in more people's suggested and more people will say "Wait a second!!! it's not 2038??????!"

[@ToomanyFrancis]

@@TokyoXtreme Do you think this is some massive corporate studio making 5 minute youtube videos about mildly interesting topics? I'm pretty sure it's just Sam.

[@wayne8797]

She did it the legit way throughout so I fail to see where the scam is…

[@JemaKnight]

This woman really pulled off a "Luigi wins by doing absolutely nothing" all the way to the Olympics

[@Loweren]

0:50 Two decades ago, in 2018...

[@thefuturegamer5159]

Ikr

[@ivanwiranda5434]

@LtCol. Andrew Lucas i didn't get it, was it a joke or something?

[@BrianXu352]

Ivan Wiranda alright boys no one explain it

[@MiniAirCrashInvestigation]

I wouldn't say that she scammed her way onto the team. She probably had a dream of competing in the Olympics cause it was her childhood dream or whatever and she worked towards that. Im acutally impressed by her. Good job lizzie, its more than what i would have done

[@youneke]

Oh so working your way to the top of your sport is just to overrated huh? The people like you making comments like these shows your true integrity.

[@MiniAirCrashInvestigation]

@@youneke She broke none of the rules, she didn't use any unfair means to get her competitors disqualified, she played the odds, she's smart for doing that. I would have been outraged had she taken the spot of a more deserving candidate, but she earned her place there fair and square.

[@tarunkumaar625]

@@MiniAirCrashInvestigation Yeah she probably worked hard for that. Though I think the athletes who were left behind were pretty mad.

[@youneke]

@@MiniAirCrashInvestigation Her goal was to be an Olympian.. do you want me to define to you who are Olympians? Or would you like me to list out Olympians, a list that I'm sure would be very long and HONORABLE. You need to learn that life is much more than rules. Life is about respect, love, integrity, moral, values. If you look at an Olympic list and really truly thinks what she did was right, you are nothing more than a rat in this world waiting for leftovers from the people working hard to provide it. You might as well add your name to the former presidents list also.

[@markkealy4417]

@@youneke She followed the rules exactly and got into the Olympics. If I looked at an Olympic list, I would see her name on it, thats how the system works, she was, according to the Olympic Committee, the 24th best applicant eligible to enter.

[@BR-x64]

2:33 “single lonely point for thirteenth.” 30th place is on the screen. The Corona virus’ fever has gotten to you

[@Adderkleet]

Also said that 2018 was 2 decades ago (although that might be humorous exageration)

[@antonhaldin3736]

@@Adderkleet he did mention he doesnt have money for fact checkers too

[@andrewthummel3767]

it's just like one of those "Winning a game by doing absolutely nothing" memes, except this one actually happenned.

[@MadTheDJ]

It's like the old joke: "You know what they call the med student who graduated last in their class? Doctor." Well, she's an Olympic Athlete now and forever. Who else here can say that? She put in the time and effort, qualified, didn't cheat or steal someone else's spot, didn't lie about her skill level, and finished appropriately in last place, so what's the problem, exactly? That she knew her limits and competed anyway? I say good on her, way to make your dream come true!

[@dustin_case]

You really didn't lie. Her run, combined with the absolute bafflement of the commentators, is a thing of beauty: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZaUlptqmdBlmJY

[@jannik6147]

i actually wasnt sure if this might gonna be a rickroll

[@minimalmo]

Damn, I searched this video myself instead of just scrolling down to your comment. I have wasted my energy.

[@КаквоНаучихДнес]

Thank you for the link

[@letao12]

CNBC did an interview with her and it's also hilarious. Swaney: "I do do 720s and 540s, 360s, front flips and back flips, so I have all the skills that I need to be a great competitor at the world cup level. I just haven't been comfortable enough yet to land those tricks on... snow."

[@StYxXx]

Not as bad as I expected though. She did some minor tricks, more than I thought she'd do.

[@BrainsApplied]

*Last time I was this early, I could still buy toiletpaper.*

[@x-ray-oh3134]

Wait a minute, did she compete for Hungary or for the US? You said she applied for Hungary but then you talked about how she got in the American team

[@Julian-re2ey]

I was confused by his choice of words too. But you can google it, she competed for Hungary. I guess what HAI actually meant is, that she came 24th in the Hungary team.

[@syferpolski4344]

No, HAI explained that due to the size of the american team in other skiing competitions, some of sweeneys competitors were left at home.

[@ananegg]

This feels extra relevant again

[@thevexengineer]

4 years later, after Rachael Gunn's performance at the paris olympics 👀👀👀

[@DutchDread]

Hehe, I LOVE her, this isn't a scam, this is brilliance.

[@slimjim7539]

I’ve been telling this story to my friends ever since it happened, so happy to see HAI cover it! I can never decide if it’s an embarrassment or if she’s just smarter than the rest of us

[@joe6ro]

She made her own youtube channel called Elisabeth Swaney OLY where she does at home workout videos "for kids" so comments are turned off. She even advertises herself as an olympian 😂

[@shuna.]

Can't rebuke that Olympian card 😂

[@greenbin3028]

And you can't even argue because she is technically an olympian lmao

[@kenkaniff8428]

you should see here aydition for AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR!! She even mentions that she's ranked 27th in the world and clise to making Olympic team. she says she imagines she is a flying squirrel and that helps her through the course 😂🤣😂🤣😂😂 check it out. thetes quite a few videos of her doung her Olympic event and her on the TODAY SHOW defending why she scammed the Olympics and several others including the audition video I'm talking about. all short videos and worth watching

[@spuddo123]

At first I was like: 2018 Summer Olympics? That is indeed a scam

[@silentsoundwave9415]

As someone with no athletic ability, is it bad that I find this more inspiring than cautionary?

[@Kaebuki]

She took the "Luigi does nothing" to a whole new level

[@Me1le]

I think it's cool. She had a dream to participate in the olympics no matter what. And she actually achieved it. Who among us can make the same claim.

[@catherine9468]

Wow embarrassing the entire country of Hungary for ego reasons and making them a laughingstock, fun

[@Chuzz1]

am i the only one who saw this person on tv? it was hilarious. we had no idea what she was doing but it was funny nevertheless

[@mrgreatbritain]

You know what? She deserved to get into the Olympics. Forget hard work. She nailed the requirements and found a country to represent, the injuries were very much in her favour but that is tactical genius! Almost like a football team that doesn’t attack

[@ei8hty5ive]

This woman is a genius! Scams her way into the Olympics then, no doubt, will sell the rights to her story to the highest bidder for a Hollywood comedy featuring Rachel McAdams. Genius.

[@MuchWhittering]

Weren't the requirements for athletes' accomplishments brought into effect after Eddie the Eagle?

[@mikethered12]

The movie about him was pretty good, worth a watch, at least.

[@nikonfan2407]

Indeed they were!

[@theNewTomSawyer]

Yep, that's the points from the FIS come into play. That just requires the athlete to have some modicum of accomplishment at an international level. Some sports are still easy to abuse because of other rules (such as the 26 competitor rule). If she had to represent the US she wouldn't have made the cut even if she had the 50 FIS event points.

[@umangmalik]

I legitimately respect this person

[@MiguelHernandez-lo5lg]

I honestly love this channel. Its legitimately interesting stuff in a short time.

[@mschuhler]

I mean. One crucial detail left out is that she has a bachelors degree from Berkeley, and a master's degree from Harvard. She may be boring and average at athletics, but she is damn brilliant. She also ran for Governor of California at one point, against Arnold Schwarzenegger (who won)

[@ZenotoXOfficial]

Holy shit, seriously? That’s... this woman has an ambitious life! I dig it!

[@a11aaa11a]

She's an acquaintance and is a super awesome, very nice person! And def not bad at sports haha. I completely respect the logistical hustle I find it almost more impressive than having good genes for sports

[@Siinory]

I'm French and this an accurate translation of FIS! Great job l'ami!

[@iamfemo]

0:50 Two decades ago, in 2018... That hit my chest differently!!

[@ericzink5246]

Way to go Elizabeth!! You had a dream and made it come true.

[@893049004]

Now you’ve gotta do a video about the Australian Breakdancer in Paris 2024

[@phantomspaceman]

Let's be real, competing was not her prize. It was hooking up with the European ski team in the Olympic Village. She couldn't do any tricks that day because it was a challenge to stand.

[@jpcjpc9465]

Elizabeth Sweeney didn't scam her way into the Olympics. Freestyle skiing scammed its way into the Olympics.

[@stevespyder]

like so many fake 'sports'

[@qlum]

@@stevespyder I wouldn't say fake sports, just not mainstream enough to offer a proper international competition.

[@himanshipande]

where are the airplanes, I'm upset :(

[@Astuar]

They aren't flying due to quarantine ;)

[@kpeterrafael]

The funny thing is I worked together with her in a resort.. next I woke up to see her on the Olympics.. and now this video.. well epic :D

[@jadoyon]

0 scams. She followed all the rules and got there legally. Props to her.

[@brittherself]

This is something that a lot of people do not understand. You don't have to win the game you just have to win the system.