Ted Ligety, Mikela Shiffrin, Lindsey Vonn and Travis Ganong managed to garner 5 medals.
This was the U.S. second-best showing at worlds, while Austria finished number one with 9 medals.
The United States' success comes from a handful of exceptional athletes, but surprisingly, they are not the trees that may hide the forest, as there is very little hopeful talent behind them. The base of the skiers pyramid doesn't seem there yet, compared to Austria, France, and other European countries.
Where is the emulating effect of all this talent and victories upon upcoming youngsters under these conditions? Is this a particularity of American culture and a cult of individualism as it applies to developing incredible performers or is it another form of American exceptionalism?
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