VERONA, Italy — The world of sports is all too familiar with the Greek myth of Icarus. After all, what more apt metaphor is there for daunting and daring athletic feats than a man who pushes the limits of his existence, flies too close to the sun and crashes out of the sky in all his glory and pride.But as much as we try to distance ourselves from cliché in search of a fresh thought, the ancient texts are the ancient texts for a reason. Specific enough to pull upon the human heartstrings, universal enough to capture the attention of all regardless of language, culture and creed. Cliché, sure, but for a reason.We try to avoid it, and yet there was Icarus in Cortina, wings melted in the snow, 41 years old and trying to defy human limits on skis before a helicopter ferries her away.…