US skier Gus Kenworthy explains why it's cool that he didn't medal at the Pyeongchang Olympics

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• Gus Kenworthy competed in the men's slopestyle for freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics. 
• He ended up placing 12th in Pyeongchang after winning the silver medal in Sochi 2014. 
• He told INSIDER that the medal isn't the most important part of being an Olympian.

Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy failed to medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics, but he's taking it all in stride.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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