Americans Gibson, Smith celebrate surprise fourth-place finish in skimo’s mixed relay at Olympics

BORMIO, Italy (AP) — This wasn’t the typical mood of a pair of Olympic fourth-place finishers: Happy and upbeat. Anna Gibson and Cameron Smith were weaving around Saturday, from interview-to-interview, with grins on their faces and matching pink cowboy hats on their heads. Sure, the Americans finished just off the medal stand as they combined forces in ski mountaineering’s mixed relay. But given their road to the Milan Cortina Games — they didn’t even have a spot about two months ago — they’re relishing just being here, in Bormio, as the sport referred as “skimo” made its Olympic debut. “If we finished 12th there would have been so much to celebrate,” said Smith,...