Pyeongchang: American Super-G ski star Andrew Weibrecht comes to Pyeongchang seeking his third consecutive Winter Olympic podium and he’s just as unfancied now as he was before.

Weibrecht hasn’t stood on a World Cup podium in more than two years and has been hampered by a nagging left knee injury -- just the sort of low-key level that came before his prior Olympic heroics.

“I’ve had two great Olympics before and I’m excited to be back,” Weibrecht said Monday. “I’ve been dealing with some issues with my knee. I’m just going to go put out the best performance I can.” But the veteran nicknamed “War Horse” hinted there might be another gallop to glory within him.

“I’ve had two good weeks of training coming in here, possibly the best I’ve had this season,” Weibrecht said. “I’m going to give it my best shot.”

Weibrecht turns 32 on Saturday, five days before trying to add to a medal haul that saw him collect 2014 Sochi silver and 2010 Vancouver bronze.

The first win came when he was an unheralded hopeful and the second after two major shoulder injuries.

He finally reached his only World Cup podiums in December 2015, third on home snow at Beaver Creek and second the next month at Kitzbuhel, in Austria, both in Super-G.

Agence France-Presse