Tag: Mikaela Shiffrin
THE TICKER: Coronavirus kills FIS Alpine finals; Russian athletics finally contrite; more Nassar abuse...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● Alpine Skiing ● The coronavirus danger in Italy has cancelled the FIS Alpine...
HIGHLIGHTS: World Champs in Biathlon, Luge, Sailing and Speed Skating, including a surprise silver...
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
● ALPINE SKIING ● The Coronavirus epidemic in China caused the scheduled men’s World Cup racing in...
HIGHLIGHTS: Where no man has gone before! Duplantis clears world-record 20-2 3/4 in Torun!
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
● ATHLETICS ● Saturday was one of those dream days in track & field, where athletes around...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: U.S. women face Mexico in Tokyo qualifier; Duplantis opens at 19-8...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Athletics ● The third leg of the World Athletics World Indoor Tour...
HIGHLIGHTS: Shiffrin dominates in Bulgaria; Chen storms to fourth straight U.S. figure skating title
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
● ALPINE SKIING ● If you somehow thought American superstar Mikaela Shiffrin was off-stride, with a slow...
HIGHLIGHTS: World Indoor Series win for Brady Ellison; U.S. women’s 69-game water polo win...
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
● ALPINE SKIING ● An especially busy week for the women’s World Cup circuit, with a mid-week...
HIGHLIGHTS: Shiffrin takes ninth medal in 12 World Cup races this season in Zagreb...
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
● ALPINE SKIING ● The men and women were racing together in Zagreb, Croatia in a Slalom,...
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...
HIGHLIGHTS: Two races, two wins and more history for Mikaela Shiffin!
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
● ALPINE SKIING ● The amazing Mikaela Shiffrin moved to no. 4 on the all-time World Cup...
LANE ONE: The top stories of 2019, from no. 10 to no. 6, and...
As 2019 comes to a close, there were people, places and events that made a bid impression in this pre-Olympic year. We’ll bring you...
HIGHLIGHTS: Shiffrin scores again with Super-G bronze; Bowe wins third straight 1,000 m
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
Anyone who pays attention to alpine skiing is running out of superlatives to shower on American superstar...
HIGHLIGHTS: Superb Chen routs Hanyu to win ISU Grand Prix Final by almost 44...
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
“Stunning” is probably the best way to describe the dominating performance by two-time World Champion Nathan Chen...
HIGHLIGHTS: Amazing Shiffrin scores gold and bronze in World Cup in Vermont
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
● ALPINE SKIING ● The Alpine World Cup is in North America, with women’s racing at Killington,...
HIGHLIGHTS: Shiffrin wins 41st career Slalom in Levi, names reindeer for Ingemar Stenmark
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
● ALPINE SKIING ● The annual Slalom competitions in Levi, Finland, ended with a fourth reindeer for...
TSX INTEL REPORT: More events to be moved from Tokyo due to heat? Here...
= TSX INTELLIGENCE REPORT ~ 1 November 2019 =
● LANE ONE ● IOC moves Tokyo marathons and walks, but are there still more events to be moved?
The International...
TSX REPORT: UCLA names Drake Stadium track after Rafer Johnson; Kiwi teen Robinson surprises...
≡ TSX REPORT ~ 28 October 2019 ≡
● LANE ONE ● UCLA dedicates famed Drake Stadium track to Betsy & Rafer Johnson
Anyone connected with UCLA sports since...
ALPINE SKIING: Robinson stuns Shiffrin, Pinturault wins in Soelden Giant Slalom
The FIS Alpine World Cup season opened – for the 20th straight year – in Soelden, Austria, with surprises from the start.
The women’s Giant...
TSX REPORT: The World Beach Games came and went; did you notice? + Paris...
≡ TSX REPORT ~ 24 October 2019 ≡
● LANE ONE ● What was all the fuss about the World Beach Games, anyway?
Although a major topic of discussion...
ALPINE SKIING Preview: Shiffrin starts run for fourth World Cup title in Soelden
It’s hardly winter in many parts of the world, but with a thick bed of snow on the Rettenbach Glacier at the Soelden Ski...
ALPINE SKIING Panorama: Brilliant Hirscher declares retirement after 8 straight World Cup titles
“You know me. I either go all in, putting 150% effort or nothing. I can be very satisfied with my career, I was very...
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