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American skier Mikaela Shiffrin wins last women’s World Cup slalom before Beijing Olympics; Slovakia’s Petra Vlhova locks up season title

by admin | Jan 12, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Mikaela Shiffrin won the last women’s World Cup slalom before the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday, while her Slovakian rival Petra Vlhova locked up the season title in the discipline. Racing on the challenging Planai course, the American improved from fifth place,...

Speed skater Erin Jackson lost a chance at gold — until her teammate stepped in

by admin | Jan 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Erin Jackson wasn’t going to miss a chance at Olympic gold if her teammate could do anything about it. Jackson, the world’s top ranked woman in the 500 meter event for speed skating, slipped during U.S. Olympic trials in Milwaukee — costing her one of two...

American Elana Meyers Taylor earns women’s monobob World Cup title

by admin | Jan 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Elana Meyers Taylor of the U.S. got her fourth women’s monobob victory of the season on Saturday, the 25th overall win of her career in major international competition. Australia’s Breanna Walker was second, and Germany’s Laura Nolte was third....

Mariah Bell becomes the oldest US women’s figure skating national champion in 95 years

by admin | Jan 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW

It’s been a long wait for 25-year-old Mariah Bell. For the first time in the nine years she’s been a senior competitor, Bell has won the U.S. women’s figure skating national title following the conclusion of the women’s free skate on Friday...

Jan 3 – Jan 9, Highlights and Lowlights

by admin | Jan 9, 2022 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights

👍 This week our highlight goes to Brittany Bowe who broke her own speed skating and qualified for her third Olympic team. 👎 This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to the NBA for missing a major opportunity with Becky Hammon.

U.S. women’s ski jumpers won’t compete in the Beijing Olympics. They failed to qualify

by admin | Jan 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW

American women helped lead the international fight to include women’s ski jumping in the Winter Olympics, and the U.S. team was once ranked No. 1 in the world. But in a major blow to the program, American women failed to garner enough points in qualifying competitions...

Olympic Skiing Legend Lindsey Vonn Says ‘Depression Is Something I Work on Every Day’

by admin | Jan 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Two years after retiring as the most decorated and fearless female skier of all time, Lindsey Vonn is sharing painful new details about the highs and lows of her storied career including the countless physical injuries she endured along the way — and, most poignantly,...

Jessie Diggins knows she is capable of doing things that are “crazy hard”

by admin | Jan 6, 2022 | Representation, SEW

The phrase “control the controllables” is recited so frequently by athletes that the cliched phrase has lost some of its meaning. But for Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist Jessie Diggins, that mentality is at the core of her success. “I know I sound like a...

Keeping promise to herself, figure skater Karen Chen looks for an Olympic redo

by admin | Jan 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Karen Chen left the 2018 Winter Olympics so disappointed over the subpar performances that left her in 11th place that she immediately vowed to try again. “When I got off the ice, I remember telling myself, `You’ve got to go for another four years. This was not your...

USA Hockey Unveils Roster For 2022 U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team

by admin | Jan 3, 2022 | Representation, SEW

USA Hockey announced the final roster for its 2022 U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team that will compete in February at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, China. Of the 23 players on the roster, 15 have prior Olympic experience, including Cayla...
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