Shiffrin adds to record total with 84th win in another GS
Mikaela Shiffrin didn’t wait long to add to her record total of World Cup wins. A day after securing record victory No. 83, Shiffrin added her 84th win on Wednesday in another giant slalom on the same course. Shiffrin finished a massive 0.82 seconds ahead of two-time Olympic silver medalist Ragnhild Mowinckel and 1.19 ahead of Olympic champion Sara Hector.
news.yahoo.comShiffrin's chase of record 83rd win moves on to next resort
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — American skier Mikaela Shiffrin’s pursuit of a record 83rd World Cup win will move on to the next stop on the circuit. Shiffrin finished seventh in a super-G on Sunday, 0.62 seconds behind race winner Ragnhild Mowinckel, to mark the third straight event in Cortina this weekend that she missed out on the podium. Mowinckel finished 0.30 seconds ahead of Cornelia Huetter and 0.47 seconds ahead of Marta Bassino on the course that will be used for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics.
news.yahoo.comShiffrin and Swiatek keep learning to win from each other
It all started a couple of years ago when Swiatek said Shiffrin was a role model for her. On Friday, as Swiatek routed qualifier Cristina Bucsa 6-0, 6-1 to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open a few hours before Shiffrin finished fourth in a downhill to leave her tied with Vonn for the women’s World Cup record of 82 wins, the tennis player and the skier renewed their long-distance conversation.
news.yahoo.comSki power couple Shiffrin, Kilde shine at World Cup Finals
It was clear — crystal globe clear — that skiing's power couple had a rewarding day in the French Alps. Mikaela Shiffrin and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde excelled Wednesday in Courchevel in their first races of the World Cup Finals — the week when all the crystal globe trophies are awarded in men's and women's skiing. “It was incredible, how she raced was perfect,” Kilde told Austrian broadcaster ORF.
news.yahoo.comShiffrin scores rare downhill win to extend World Cup lead
Mikaela Shiffrin increased her lead over Petra Vlhová in a close race for the overall title by winning the downhill on Wednesday at the World Cup Finals. Shiffrin had barely raced downhill this season — two World Cup events in December and then last month's Beijing Olympics. The American put down a clean run on the new Eclipse course to earn the victory and 100 World Cup points.
news.yahoo.comExperts discuss Mikaela Shiffrin and how to overcome a crisis of confidence: 'It happens to everyone'
Mikaela Shiffrin’s shocking back-to-back disqualifications at the 2022 Winter Olympics have shaken her confidence. Experts weigh in on how everyone can handle failure and overcome self-doubt.
cnbc.comShaun White's last Olympics hurrah comes in halfpipe final
NBC can breathe a sigh of relief as Shaun White has reached the final of the halfpipe. With Mikaela Shiffrin struggling on the ski slopes — and sounding uncertain about competing in the super-G — White could end up as the only major headliner Thursday night. If Shiffrin competes, the super-G will also be compelling as she tries to rebound after lasting about 15 seconds combined in her first two races.
news.yahoo.comU.S. wins first gold at Beijing Winter Olympics, but a star skier falls
Snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis won the first gold medal for Team USA at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. But star skier Mikaela Schiffrin suffered another stunning setback. CBS News' Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers have the day's highlights.
news.yahoo.comMikaela Shiffrin's 2nd Olympic race also ends early
Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin's second race at the Beijing Games was over even more quickly than her first. This time, Shiffrin stood for a moment beside one of the gates she missed — on a course set by her coach, Mike Day — before moving off to the side. Shiffrin came to China as one of the biggest stars of her — or any — sport at the Winter Olympics, a dominant-at-times Alpine skiier who has been in the spotlight since she was a teenager.
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