The women’s alpine World Cup moves on to Slovenia with a pair of giant slaloms in Kranjska Gora this weekend. And, the major story going into two days of skiing is the reemergence of American Mikaela Shiffrin, suddenly back on top coming off a career-defining slalom win Tuesday under the […]
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Surprise! Shiffrin Returns to the Snow for Tuesday’s Flachau Slalom
A year ago this week, American skiing superstar Mikaela Shiffrin dropped her second slalom in a row to Slovakian Petra Vlhová in what would be one of her last races of the season. After a 10-month break from the snow, Shiffrin returned in mid-December to top the podium in Courchevel, […]
Gut-Behrami and Suter Mark the Return of Swiss Speed in St. Anton
Bettors who took Lara Gut-Behrami (+1200) to win her first super-G in nearly three years were rewarded for their prescience on Sunday as the Swiss speed specialist edged out Italian rival Marta Bassino by 0.16 seconds at Austria’s St. Anton am Arlberg. The victory gives Gut-Behrami her lucky 13th World […]
With Shiffrin Out, American Breezy Johnson Has Chance to Shine in Austria
Mikaela Shiffrin announced on New Year’s Day that she’ll be sitting out speed events this season, which means fans of the US Ski Team might turn their attention to Breezy Johnson as one to watch in the run-up to the 2022 Beijing Games. The 24-year-old Jackson Hole native will be […]
New Year, New Perspective as Shiffrin Decides to Focus on Technical Races Rather than Seek World Cup Title
Mikaela Shiffrin caught the media up on her current physical and mental state on New Year’s Day, saying she’d instead focus on getting stronger physically and focusing on individual races rather than competing for the World Cup overall this season. Shiffrin, who experienced a 320-day pause from skiing in 2020 […]
World Cup Skiing: Hurricane-Force Winds Cause Cancellation of Monday’s Women’s Giant Slalom
It was an elating-yet-disappointing morning in Semmering for Slovakian speed specialist Petra Vlhová. With a technically sound and fast bottom half of the course, she topped the leaderboard after the first run. But by the start of the second run, hurricane-force winds of up to 62 mph laid waste to […]
Shiffrin Rides Again in 2020, Becomes Favorite to Win Giant Slalom in Semmering Monday
Mikaela Shiffrin’s on-again-off-again season is back to full-throttle this week as she kicks out the old with a trio of World Cup races starting with a giant slalom on Monday. Shiffrin’s extended offseason due to the COVID-19 pandemic and career-defining injury left some questioning whether she’d be in race shape […]