Tag: Lindsey Vonn
HEARD AT HALFTIME: It’s 2021 or bust for Tokyo; LA28 sponsor agency sold; fabulous...
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HEARD AT HALFTIME: Shiffrin stars in Courchevel, IOC’s Athletes’ Comm. chief brushes off USOPC;...
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GLOBETROTTING by Phil Hersh: With gold haul from world meets, Biles and Dressel get...
Courage was the key word on the international sports scene in 2019.
Competitive courage, like the grit alpine skier Lindsey Vonn showed in making her...
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...
ALPINE SKIING: Comebacks complete: Stuhec wins and Vonn third in women’s Downhill
While the American media has been consumed with Lindsey Vonn’s final race in Sunday’s women’s Downhill at the FIS World Championships in Are (SWE),...
ALPINE SKIING: Consistent Holdener wins women’s Alpine Combined
The Alpine Combined is the least-appreciated and least-held event on the Alpine World Cup calendar, but it is still part of the Alpine World...
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...
GLOBETROTTING by Phil Hersh: Lindsey Vonn, who sped past limits to top of ski...
Lindsey Vonn in downhill training Monday at the World Championships in Are, Sweden.
I am not a skier. So, when I began intermittently writing about...
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 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: 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...
SPEED READ: Headlines from The Sports Examiner for Monday, 21 January 2019
Welcome to The Sports Examiner SPEED READ, a 100 mph (44.7 m/s) review of what happened over the last 72 hours in Olympic sport:
LANE...
ALPINE SKIING: She did it again! Shiffrin wins Super-G at Cortina!
What may turn out to be a historic season for American ski star Mikaela Shiffrin turned golden again on the slopes of Cortina d’Ampezzo...
ALPINE SKIING: Vonn 15th and ninth in return to the World Cup in Cortina
The FIS Alpine World Cup is the highest level of skiing in the world. American star Lindsey Vonn knows this and returned to the...
SPEED READ: Headlines from The Sports Examiner for Friday, 18 January 2019
Welcome to The Sports Examiner SPEED READ, a 100 mph (44.7 m/s) review of the week (so far) in the turbulent world of international...
ALPINE SKIING Preview: Lindsey Vonn readies for season debut in Italy
A busy week for both men and women on the slopes, with the men in Switzerland and the women in Italy:
● Women’s World Cup...
ALPINE SKIING: Shiffrin scores again with win in Kronplatz Giant Slalom
The amazing Mikaela Shiffrin dominated the FIS Giant Slalom race in Kronplatz (ITA) and cruised to an impressive 1.21 seconds over a world-class field.
“This...
ALPINE SKIING Preview: St. Anton World Cup re-scheduled, so Lindsey Vonn will have to...
Heavy snow in St. Anton (AUT) has canceled this weekend’s women’s Downhill and Super-G World Cup races, postponing the return of American star Lindsey...
ALPINE SKIING: Sensational Shiffrin sweeps Courchevel for 50th career World Cup win
It’s getting harder and harder to come up with superlatives to describe American ski star Mikaela Shiffrin.
How about “historic”?
Shiffrin, 23, has been on the...
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