They are making their money.
Nathan and Shiffrin today - both the same victim to the media hysteria. OMG! The best skier of all time! She is locked for gold! She will make a history! Mikaela Shiffrin will bring home another gold medal!
It was obvious the girl was already pushed beyond her mental limits. But they kept pushing and pushing! And right before the run she broke and vomited. Couldn't handle it anymore.
Nathan was the same. Nathan Chen! The future champion! The same hysteria.
The media is the most destructive force in the US.
Give it a rest. If you can't handle the pressure then you should never have become a world class athlete to begin with. Athletes in other countries face the same kind of pressure and don't gripe about it and suck it up. Hanyu is like the Beatles in Japan and has a mob of fans following him yet look it how he performed. Michael Jordan faced insane pressure all during his career in a much bigger sport and look at how he handled it.