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Shiffrin to race 1st Olympic downhill; no medal thoughts

Mikaela Shiffrin says she will make her Olympic downhill debut at the Beijing Games

The Independent UK

Slalom winner Vlhova leaving Olympics early with ankle issue

Slalom gold medalist Petra Vlhova is leaving the Beijing Olympics early due to an inflamed left ankle tendon and will miss the Alpine combined event in which she would have been a challenger to Mikaela Shiffrin

The Independent UK

Olympic athletes deal with expectations, which leads to crushing pressure

BEIJING — The world’s most famous skier had kicked off her skis and dropped her poles. Sitting alone in the snow, she buried her head in her hands.

Los Angeles Times

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Winter Olympics 2022 day eight: skeleton, women’s curling and more – as it happened

Updates from day eight of the winter Games as Jaclyn Narracott took Australia’s first ever medal in skeleton

The Guardian - UK

Super Bowl, Olympics, NBA Trades... And Still No Baseball

The past week was simultaneously an exciting time for sports and a brutal moment to be a baseball fan. At the Winter Olympics, elite athletes Chloe Kim, Nathan Chen and Eileen Gu won gold medals. Mikaela Shiffrin struggled but inspired millions with her perspective and vulnerability. Even though ...

Sports Illustrated

Shaun White fails to medal in his final Olympics

Mikaela Shiffrin made it across the finish line of The Rock course on the Alpine hill for the first time in three races in the Beijing Games. She placed ninth in the super-G, well off the pace set by gold medalist Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mikaela Shiffrin Posts Uplifting Message Following Super-G Olympic Race

Shiffrin did not complete two of the skiing races this week, but finished ninth in the Super-G

Sports Illustrated

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No Olympic medal as Shaun White takes flight for final time

Shaun White’s brilliant and transcendent Olympic career is over

The Independent UK

Perth skier Charlie Guest lifts lid on bold future ambitions after competing at second Winter Olympic Games

Guest, 28, finished 21st overall in a slalom race where red-hot favourite Mikaela Shiffrin failed to finish

Daily Record

Mikaela Shiffrin: ‘Failure is scary but I’ve had a lot of spectacular moments’

All-conquering American is synonymous with success but will be remembered more for the humility shown at her lowest ebb

The Guardian - US

Mikaela Shiffrin completes super-G race after consecutive DNFs, acknowledges opening events as a 'failure'

US alpine skiing star Mikaela Shiffrin says she was not sure it was safe to compete in the super-G after the emotional toil of failing to finish her opening two races, but did compete, finishing ninth.

ABC News

Super-G Reminds Mikaela Shiffrin She Is Still Who She Thought She Was

After two runs Shiffrin herself considers a failure, the American skiing star righted the ship in Friday morning’s race.

Sports Illustrated

After heartbreak, Mikaela Shiffrin finds some satisfaction with ninth in super-G

BEIJING — In a normal time, Mikaela Shiffrin finishing a race wouldn’t be worth mentioning.

Los Angeles Times

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

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

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 Guardian - US

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 Independent UK

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

Sports Illustrated

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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The Independent UK

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

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

Tribune News Service

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?

ABC News

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.

The Guardian - US

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.

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