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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

The Guardian - US

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.

Tribune News Service

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.

Daily Mirror

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

Well said!

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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.

Sports Illustrated

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’

The Independent UK

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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

Plus, Mikaela Shiffrin crashes out again.

Sports Illustrated

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.

Los Angeles Times

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

The Guardian - UK

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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The Guardian - UK

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics daily briefing: USA strike gold at last

Lindsey Jacobellis finally takes glory, but it is an agonising day for medal hopes Mikaela Shiffrin and Charlotte Bankes

Sports Illustrated

Mikaela Shiffrin’s Tragic Loss Gives Her Perspective After Latest Olympic Miscue

Following a disqualification from her second consecutive race in Beijing, the 26-year-old is searching for answers to explain the unfathomable results, but says she's “not scared to feel a little bit weighed down by some expectations anymore.”

The Independent UK

Column: Shiffrin's disappointment stirs lessons from Biles

When Mikaela Shiffrin careened off the course, another expected gold medal slipping away before she hardly got started, the announcers from NBC let her have it

The Independent UK

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Shiffrin’s Washout Olympics Reminiscent of Biles and Osaka’s Tokyo Flop

Mikaela Shiffrin was expected to cement her position at the top of her sport at the Beijing Games, but after not being able to finish any of her races so far, her story echoes that of fellow elite athletes Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka at the Tokyo Games. But while…

Evening Standard

Winter Olympics 2022: Mikaela Shiffrin crashes out again, latest news, results and medal table

Mikaela Shiffrin crashed out of her second successive alpine race at Beijing 2022 in another disastrous run for the American.

The Independent UK

Mikaela Shiffrin may not continue competing in Beijing after slalom crash

The 26-year-old US star missed a gate early in her run, two days after she suffered a similar fate in the women’s giant-slalom.

The Independent UK

Mikaela Shiffrin considers early Olympic exit after slalom nightmare: ‘What’s the point?’

The American’s nightmare run, after skiing out of the giant slalom on Monday, has sparked a mental health row

The Independent UK

America’s Mikaela Shiffrin crashes out of slalom after nightmare Olympics run

The World Cup leader admitted to feeling ‘pretty awful’ after her latest set-back in China.

Chicago Sun-Times

Another DNF for skiing superstar Mikaela Shiffrin

She skidded out of control about five seconds into the opening run of the slalom

USA Today Sports Media Group

Sports community rallies around Mikaela Shiffrin after she skis out for 2nd time in 3 days at Olympics

The sports world is sending its best to Mikaela Shiffrin.

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