Head of U.S. Alpine team: 'Have to rebuild' before 2022
Patrick Riml
U.S. Alpine director Patrick Riml  began  his  trek back to Utah before the last ski race of the Olympics was done.  He  knows  he  has work to do after the country produced its fewest golds in the sport since 2002  fewest medals since 2006.
In a telephone interview Saturday  Riml called  his  men's team's Olympic performance "disappointing" and acknowledged that "we definitely have to rebuild" before the 2022 Beijing Games.
"We had quite a few up and downs "  Riml  said about the past two weeks. "We had some very strong performances and  in other events  we definitely were struggling."
 He  said  he  was pleased with the U.S. women  including having three members of the top seven finishers in the downhill.
But "on the men's side  the performance was disappointing. ... We definitely would have hoped for better results there "  Riml  said  adding: "Not just talking about medals  but the performances on each day."
Looking ahead to  the next Winter Olympics  Riml  noted that Vonn and Ligety — who have earned a combined five Olympic medals  including three golds — are not expected to still be competing. Both would be 37 years old.
"We know we have to go into a rebuilding phase and develop some young skiers "  Riml  said  "and hopefully next time around  we can be competitive and perform on a high level."
[TGT]began  [TGT]  trek back to Utah before the last ski race of the Olympics was done.  [TGT]  knows  [TGT]  has work to do after the country produced its fewest golds in the sport since 2002  fewest medals since 2006.
In a telephone interview Saturday  [TGT] called  [TGT]  men's team's Olympic performance "disappointing" and acknowledged that "we definitely have to rebuild" before the 2022 Beijing Games.
"We had quite a few up and downs [TGT]said about the past two weeks. "We had some very strong performances and  in other events  we definitely were struggling."
 He  said  he  was pleased with the U.S. women  including having three members of the top seven finishers in the downhill.
But "on the men's side  the performance was disappointing. ... We definitely would have hoped for better results there [TGT]said  adding: "Not just talking about medals  but the performances on each day."
Looking ahead to  the next Winter Olympics  [TGT]noted that Vonn and Ligety — who have earned a combined five Olympic medals  including three golds — are not expected to still be competing. Both would be 37 years old.
"We know we have to go into a rebuilding phase and develop some young skiers [TGT]said  "and hopefully next time around  we can be competitive and perform on a high level."