Olympics: Japan's Umehara eliminated early in women's ski cross

Reina Umehara of Japan failed to advance to the women's ski cross quarterfinals of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Friday.The 34-year-old Umehara needed to finish in the top two of her three-woman heat to move on, but ended up last behind Switzerland's Fanny Smith and Marielle Berger Sabbatel of France at Phoenix Snow Park.Umehara, the alpine skier-turned freestyler who was making her first Olympic appearance in Pyeongchang, was the lone Japanese in the ski cross."It's tough to accept, but I made no major errors in the race," Umehara said. "I did what I wanted to do. They were superior t…READ FULL ARTICLE