Alex Deibold has always been a grinder. Four years ago, he went to the Olympics as a technician -- a man with a hand in waxing, scraping and, yes, grinding the snowboards into shape for America's top riders. He's too busy for that sort of work now. When he heads home from Sochi, Deibold will carry the Olympic bronze medal he won Tuesday in snowboardcross -- a sparkling reward for the behind-the-scenes grunt work he did all those years en route to the podium. Pierre Vaultier of France held off hard-charging Nikolay Olyunin of Russia to win the gold. Read more http://espn.go.com/olympics/winter/...takes-gold-alex-deibold-bronze-snowboardcross
