Alaska's Andrew Kurka Is Poised to Attack Cortina's Paralympic Slope with a Vengeance

Alaskan Andrew Kurka was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated in the lead-up to the Beijing 2022 Paralympics as a top contender to bring home multiple medals; however, it didn’t go quite as planned.

Then 30, Kurka was at the pinnacle of his Para alpine skiing career, in addition to being the defending Paralympic monoski downhill champion from PyeongChang 2018. And boasting multiple world titles too.

But a crash shortly before competition on the Paralympic course in China changed things abruptly.