MILAN (WFRV) – In 2022, Deedra Irwin put on a historic Olympic Biathlon performance 6,500 miles away from her hometown of Pulaski.
Irwin posted a 7th-place finish in the 15km individual race at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, the best-ever Olympic finish by any American in the event.
Four years later, Deedra Irwin returns to the same stage as a known commodity in the Nordic skiing world, with plenty of familiar experiences and faces.
Familial Love
When Irwin arrived in Beijing, she was just excited to make the team, and she even said she didn’t have many expectations, but now she’s trying to remember those feelings to help cope with the high emotions.
Irwin says it’s a little heavier this go-around in her second Olympics, because, unlike in 2022, there will be some familiar faces in the crowd—which is what she’s most excited about.
“I’m most looking forward to my family getting to watch me at these Olympics,” Irwin said. “They weren’t able to come to Beijing, so I’m super excited. I’ve been getting a lot of pictures of them boarding the plane today and they’re really excited to come over.”…