Tag: Mikaela Shiffrin
ALPINE SKIING: Amazing Shiffrin takes Slalom, Giant Slalom and two more Crystal Globes
Even for someone who is a two-time World Cup Champion and two-time Olympic Champion, this was a career year for Mikaela Shiffrin.
Still just 24,...
ALPINE SKIING: Paris sweeps men’s speed events and Shiffrin wins the Super-G title in...
We’re only halfway through the FIS World Cup Final, but a series of firsts has highlighted the speed races, including first-ever discipline wins for...
ALPINE SKIING Preview: World Cup Final on this week in Andorra, with five Globes...
The biggest prizes of the Alpine World Cup season – the overall World Cup winners – have been decided, but there are still considerable...
ALPINE SKIING: Shiffrin wins record 15th World Cup race, closes in on Giant Slalom...
An almost-perfect weekend of skiing for Mikaela Shiffrin saw her just about close the books on her goals for the 2018-19 Alpine World Cup...
ALPINE SKIING Preview: Shiffrin chasing a record; Hirscher tries to lock up another Crystal...
The next-to-last weekend of the Alpine World Cup season could be a history-maker as the two great stars of the season can claim new...
ALPINE SKIING: Mikaela Shiffrin wins seasonal World Cup while relaxing in Italy
Bad weather brought good news for American skiing superstar Mikaela Shiffrin.
Heavy snows in Rosa Khutor (RUS) – site of the 2014 Olympic Winter competitions...
ALPINE SKIING: Pinturault and Kristoffersen repeat Worlds wins in Bansko
The men’s World Cup in Bansko (BUL) had a familiar look from the recent World Championships as both of the winners had earned gold...
LANE ONE: Appreciating the amazing Mikaela Shiffrin: is she the finest skier ever?
In the midst of seasons and watching who wins and who loses, it’s easy to lose perspective when seeing an athlete having a historic season, or seasons. Sometimes, it’s best to just enjoy seeing one of those special performers who are obviously one of the best to ever compete in their sport. In the big […]
ALPINE SKIING Preview: World Cup resumes in Bansko and Crans-Montana
The final month of the Alpine World Cup is upon us, with three stops each for the men and women before the World Cup...
ALPINE SKIING: Shiffrin wins Stockholm City Event for record-tying 14th seasonal victory
The World Alpine Championships only ended last Sunday in Are (SWE), but the top technical skiers were back in action on Tuesday in Stockholm...
ALPINE SKIING: Shiffrin takes fourth World Championships Slalom title
Mikaela Shiffrin knew she had to be ready from the start to win the 2019 Alpine World Championships Slalom.
After her bronze medal on Thursday...
ALPINE SKIING: Vlhova fights through wind for women’s Giant Slalom gold
The women’s World Championships Giant Slalom appeared to be all set for 2010 Olympic champion Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany, who forged a solid 0.19-second...
ALPINE SKIING: Italy’s Paris wins Worlds Super-G; Shiffrin to try for 3 golds, not...
Italy’s Dominik Paris was clearly one of the medal contenders in the men’s Super-G, but having drawn the third position, he had very little...
ALPINE SKIING: First race, first gold for Mikaela Shiffrin in Alpine Worlds
What will be a historic year for Mikaela Shiffrin became even more legendary as she skied to her first World Championships gold outside of...
ALPINE SKIING: 45th World Championships opens in Are Tuesday
The Alpine skiing world is gathered in Are (SWE) for the start of the 45th FIS World Championships in the famed ski town, with...
ALPINE SKIING: Shiffrin earns second gold in Maribor for 13th win of the season!
If momentum means anything in sports, Mikaela Shiffrin is riding a tsunami.
As the Alpine world turns its attention to the World Alpine Championships next...
ALPINE SKIING: Shiffrin and Vlhova tie in Maribor; Vonn will retire after World Champs
Ties aren’t common, but they show up occasionally in the FIS Alpine World Cup and they did again on Friday in Maribor (SLO) in...
ALPINE SKIING Preview: Shiffrin expected back on the slopes in Slovenia
Just about two-thirds of the women’s Alpine World Cup racing has been completed, and the final races prior to the 2019 World Alpine Skiing...
ALPINE SKIING: Home crowd happy with Hirscher’s 10th win of the season in...
It’s only been 16 days since Austria’s Marcel Hirscher won a FIS Alpine World Cup race, but it seemed like so much longer after losing twice to France’s new star, Clement Noel. So Tuesday’s Slalom win in Schladming (AUT) was welcomed by a happy Austrian crowd and Hirscher himself. FIS reported some 45,000 fans in […]
ALPINE SKIING: Hirscher looks for 10th win of the season in Kitzbuehel; will Shiffrin...
It’s a sign of how dominant Austria’s Marcel Hirscher is in the Slalom – where he is the five-time seasonal champion – that when...
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