By Andrew Holleran The sports world lost a legendary Olympic athlete on Wednesday evening. According to a report from the Associated Press, legendary skier Rosi Mittermaier died at the age of 72 on Wednesday. Mittermaier won two gold medals at the 1976 Olympics and nearly swept the women’s Alpine skiing competition. “Rosi Mittermaier, who won downhill and slalom gold medals at the 1976 Winter Olympics and narrowly missed a sweep of all three women’s Alpine skiing events at the Games, has died. She was 72,” the Associated Press tweeted. The sports world is mourning her loss. “The ‘76 games were…