Jadin O’Brien’s path: A track star gets a message, and winds up part of the ...

By TIM REYNOLDS CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Jadin O’Brien thought she was being scammed. The Milan Cortina Olympics — and the sport of bobsled, for that matter — were not anywhere near O’Brien’s radar a couple years ago, when the Notre Dame track and field star saw that someone sent her a direct message on Instagram. The message was ignored. Related Articles The Winter Olympics are hurting main street in Livigno’s duty-free mountain enclave Alysa Liu carries US medal hopes into concluding women’s free skate at the Milan Cortina Olympics Olympic figure skaters offer wellness tips for weekend athletes. The ‘hard ice always wins’ Overtime and shootout rules at the Olympics change as the...