Post-Olympic letdown nearly drove Goepper to take his own life … After a silver at Pyeongchang, he knows what's next
by Dylan Hernandez, Los Angeles Times
Feb 19, 2018
3 minutes
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - Concerns raised about the Olympics often center on the places that stage the Games, specifically what will happen to these debt-ridden municipalities when the festival leaves town. Less talked about is what happens to the athletes when they leave the Olympics.
Over the last four years, freestyle skier Nick Goepper lived through the worst-case scenario. The post-Olympics blues he experienced following the Sochi Games were severe enough to where he
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