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The Latest Breaking News from Mikaela Shiffrin

Olympics Live: Germany has 1st Olympic skeleton champion

BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics:

The Canadian Press

Swiss Gut-Behrami wins women's Olympic super-G, Shiffrin 9th

Yanqing (China) (AFP) - Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami added Olympic super-G gold to her world title at the Beijing Games on Friday as a relieved Mikaela Shiffrin finished ninth after flunking her first two events.

AFP

Shiffrin finishes super-G in 3rd Olympic race; won't medal

Mikaela Shiffrin completed the super-G at the Beijing Olympics in a time way out of medal contention

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Olympics Live: Shiffrin ready to have fun in super-G race

Mikaela Shiffrin is ready to have some “fun” when she returns to Olympic action in the super-G

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics day seven: skeleton, ice hockey, curling and more – as it happened

Ayumu Hirano won snowboard halfpipe gold, Suzanne Schulting defended her 1,000m short track title and Christopher Grotheer won the skeleton

The Guardian - US

Winter Olympics 2022: Dave Ryding backs US slalom star Mikaela Shiffrin to banish her Beijing demons

Ryding expects her class to shine through on the ‘Rock’ race piste this week after failing to finish her first two races at the Games

The Independent UK

Let Simone Biles in Tokyo Be a Cautionary Tale for Understanding Mikaela Shiffrin in Beijing

It’s hard not to make the comparison between the two athletes. But after many got the gymnast’s story wrong last summer, let’s not make the same mistakes as the skier's Olympic campaign continues.

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Chen, Kim soar to Olympic gold medals on best day for US

BEIJING (AP) — Nathan Chen soared effortlessly and nearly perfectly five times during his “Rocketman” performance.

The Canadian Press

Shiffrin seeks Olympic reset, takes 2 super-G training runs

Mikaela Shiffrin has taken a pair of trips about a half-hour apart down the competition hill during an official training session for the upcoming super-G at the Beijing Olympics

The Independent UK

Vlhova, Ledecka put wounded Shiffrin under pressure in Olympic super-G

Yanqing (China) (AFP) - Reigning champion Ester Ledecka and slalom gold medallist Petra Vlhova will ensure misfiring Mikaela Shiffrin goes into the Beijing Olympics super-G on Friday under massive pressure.

AFP

'I love you': Kilde backs US ski star Shiffrin after Olympic woes

Yanqing (China) (AFP) - Mikaela Shiffrin has received a very public boost from Norwegian boyfriend and fellow ski racer Aleksander Aamodt Kilde after the American star's Beijing Olympics woes.

AFP

NBC defends Shiffrin coverage, suggests sexism by critics

NBC Sports offered a full-throated defense of how it covered skier Mikaela Shiffrin's shocking Olympics flameout, which drew criticism in some circles for being cruel

The Independent UK

La Velle E. Neal III: At ‘full gas,’ Mikaela Shiffrin comes down to earth at the Beijing Olympics

BEIJING — The plan was to be aggressive. Go hard, go fast. And who is going to argue with star skier Mikaela Shiffrin about that strategy?

Tribune News Service

Mikaela Shiffrin's twin DNFs at Beijing Winter Olympics shine a spotlight on pressure facing elite athletes

Mikaela Shiffrin's heartbreak reminds us that under the glare of the Olympics, no feelings are sacred for athletes expected to succeed.

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Winter Olympics day six – as it happened

Day six of XXIV Olympic Winter Games

Tribune News Service

Scott Fowler: Dan Jansen knows what Olympian Mikaela Shiffrin is going through and is heartbroken about it

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — If anyone knows what struggling U.S. Olympic skier Mikaela Shiffrin is going through right now, it’s former American speed skater Dan Jansen.

Daily Mirror

Simone Biles hits out at Mikaela Shiffrin criticism after catastrophic start to Winter Olympics campaign

Shiffrin, one of the most decorated skiers in history and a hot favourite to win multiple medals in Beijing, crashed out of her first two races within just a few seconds.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Mikaela Shiffrin’s boyfriend has perfect heartfelt response to her Olympic performance

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Star Athletes Share Support for Mikaela Shiffrin After This Week's Disqualifications

Social media was abuzz with heartwarming messages for the 26-year-old.

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics: NBC commentators blasted for coverage of Mikaela Shiffrin’s misery ‘horrible to watch’

‘All I see is a top athlete doing what a top athlete does’

Chicago Sun-Times

Lindsey Jacobellis wins first Olympic gold for U.S.

Now 36 and in her fifth Olympics, she became the oldest U.S. woman to win a gold.

Sports Illustrated

SI:AM | Would You Want the Super Bowl in Your Neighborhood?

Plus, Mikaela Shiffrin crashes out again.

Los Angeles Times

Mikaela Shiffrin fails to finish second straight slalom race at Olympics

BEIJING — On a lonely stretch of snow next to orange safety netting that lines the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre, Mikaela Shiffrin searched for the answer.

The Guardian - UK

Biles and Vonn rally around Shiffrin after latest Winter Olympics DQ

Simone Biles and Lindsey Vonn among US sports stars rushing to support Mikaela Shiffrin after the American star’s nightmarish Games start

Daily Mirror

US star Mikaela Shiffrin crashes out for second time at Winter Olympics in disaster start

American gold medal hope Mikaela Shiffrin has admitted she may not compete again in the Beijing Winter Olympics after crashing out of her second alpine skiing race in a row

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