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Mikaela Shiffrin to return to competition after downhill crash

by admin | Mar 6, 2024 | Representation, SEW

Mikaela Shiffrin’s return from her downhill crash is still on schedule for this weekend in Sweden, though the American standout might enter only one of the two World Cup races at the resort in Are. “Mikaela is improving in slalom and feels that the slalom...

Italian skier Marta Bassino dominates World Cup downhill

by admin | Feb 20, 2024 | Representation, SEW

Italian skier Marta Bassino used all her technical skills to dominate a women’s World Cup downhill Saturday and claim her first win in the sport’s fastest discipline. Bassino, who is a giant slalom specialist and won the super-G world title last year, gained time on...

Sofia Goggia wins a World Cup downhill; now 4th all-time

by admin | Jan 16, 2024 | Representation, SEW

Sofia Goggia was a winner again in a World Cup downhill Saturday and rose to fourth on the all-time list of career victories in the marquee speed discipline. The 2018 Olympic champion’s first downhill win this season and 18th of her World Cup career was by 0.10...

The brilliance and beauty of Mikaela Shiffrin’s skiing

by admin | Dec 25, 2023 | Representation, SEW

There is a World Cup slalom race for women on the International Ski Federation’s schedule Thursday, and any time such an event is staged, Mikaela Shiffrin is a threat — no, a favorite — to win it. She has won seven season-long titles in that discipline, more than any...

Petra Vlhova edges Mikaela Shiffrin in rainy World Cup slalom

by admin | Dec 25, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Olympic gold medalist Petra Vlhova of Slovakia overtook Mikaela Shiffrin to win a World Cup slalom in Courchevel, France, on Thursday. Vlhova earned her 30th World Cup win (21st in slalom) by 24 hundredths over Shiffrin combining times from two runs under a mix of...

American skier Breezy Johnson under investigation for doping

by admin | Dec 12, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Downhill skier Breezy Johnson is under investigation by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and says she will not race during the case, which could lead to a two-year ban. “Out of respect for my fellow racers, I have decided not to compete until the matter is...

Mikaela Shiffrin ties Alpine skiing World Cup wins record

by admin | Mar 10, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

Since before this season started, Mikaela Shiffrin eschewed talk about the career World Cup wins record of 86, which has stood since 1989, believing it was too far away. Shiffrin, who began the October-to-March campaign with 74 wins, dismissed any chase storylines...

Swiss skier Jasmine Flury wins downhill gold as favorites falter

by admin | Feb 13, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Swiss skier Jasmine Flury won gold in the women’s downhill at the world championships Saturday on a rough day for the pre-race favorites. Flury edged Austrian skier Nina Ortlieb by 0.04 seconds for her first career medal at major championships. Read...

Mikaela Shiffrin makes history, breaks Lindsey Vonn’s record for skiing World Cup wins

by admin | Jan 24, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

To Mikaela Shiffrin goes the crown, literally and figuratively. The 27-year-old Shiffrin broke fellow American Lindsey Vonn’s record for World Cup victories by a female skier with her 83rd win on Tuesday, in a giant slalom race in Kronplatz, Italy. The winner of...

Mikaela Shiffrin seventh in Cortina downhill; Ilka Stuhec gets first win since 2018

by admin | Jan 23, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Mikaela Shiffrin’s pursuit of a record-breaking 83rd World Cup victory is still on hold. Shiffrin finished seventh, 0.39 seconds Slovenian behind winner Ilka Stuhec in a downhill Saturday on the course that will be used for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics. Read...
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