For better or worse, four years has made a massive difference for Sara Takanashi.At the last Winter Olympics in 2014 in Sochi, Takanashi went into the games as the white-hot favorite for the inaugural women's ski jumping competition, after winning 10 of 13 World Cup events in the buildup to break the single season record for most victories.But Takanashi, then just 17, fell apart under the pressure on the Olympic stage. Rattled and missing her dad who groomed Takanashi into a world-class jumper but who rarely travels to watch her, she not only missed out on gold but a medal altogether, finis…READ FULL ARTICLE
