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Lindsey Vonn Undergoes Another Knee Surgery: ‘The Price We Pay to Do What We Love’

by admin | Mar 22, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Lindsey Vonn is recovering after another knee surgery to fix her lingering pain from years of skiing and injuries. The four-time Olympian, 37, made a video recap of her latest surgery as she went from her hospital bed to the operation room and on to rehab. Read...

Mikaela Shiffrin met her biggest goal this season. It wasn’t about the Olympics.

by admin | Mar 22, 2022 | Representation, SEW

For all the lead-up talk about Mikaela Shiffrin‘s medal possibilities at the Olympics, she said at the end of her season that her primary objective was about all of the races before and after the Games. “I had quite a few goals, but my biggest goal was the overall...

March 14 – 20, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights

by admin | Mar 20, 2022 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights

👍 This week our highlight goes to Mikaela Shiffrin who won the World Cup title this week. 👎 This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to Chinese government who spied on US figure skater Alysa Liu and her father.

Mikaela Shiffrin races away from rival Petra Vlhova, wins overall World Cup title

by admin | Mar 17, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Mikaela Shiffrin won skiing’s overall World Cup title for the fourth time Thursday, fueled by speed races that turned her expected duel with Petra Vlhová into a runaway success. Shiffrin finished second in the super-G at the World Cup finals — one day...

U.S. skier Mikaela Shiffrin increases overall World Cup title lead with downhill win

by admin | Mar 16, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Mikaela Shiffrin increased her lead over Petra Vlhová in a close race for the overall title by winning the downhill on Wednesday at the World Cup Finals. Shiffrin had barely raced downhill this season — two World Cup events in December and then last...

Skiing in a skirt, Sheina Vaspi sends message in Paralympic debut

by admin | Mar 14, 2022 | Representation, SEW

On Friday at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, alpine skier Sheyne“Sheina” Vaspi became Israel’s first ever winter Paralympian. The 20-year-old Vaspi competed in the women’s giant slalom competition wearing a skirt over her racing suit. “It’s also a part of my religion and...

Mikaela Shiffrin solidifies World Cup lead with second-place super-G finish; Romane Miradoli takes surprising win

by admin | Mar 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW

After a stressful and surprisingly tough Beijing Olympics, Mikaela Shiffrin is happy just to enjoy her skiing again. That approach paid off Saturday as Shiffrin took a clear lead in the World Cup overall standings by placing second in a tricky super-G won by the...

American skier Mikaela Shiffrin’s run at Olympic Games comes to an anticlimactic end without a medal

by admin | Feb 21, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Mikaela Shiffrin’s 2022 Olympic Games came to an anticlimactic end on Sunday in the bronze-medal race of the wind-delayed mixed team parallel skiing event. Shiffrin had been hoping to salvage her unexpected time in Beijing with one final shot at a medal as part...

Eileen Gu and Kamila Valieva became the teenage faces of Beijing 2022 under wildly contrasting circumstances

by admin | Feb 20, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Eileen Gu and Kamila Valieva became the teenage faces of the Winter Olympics, but their memories of Beijing 2022 are likely to be wildly different. San Francisco native Gu is now a two-time gold-medalist, the Olympics’ youngest ever freestyle skiing champion, a...

Simone Biles Has 2 Blunt Words To Describe Mikaela Shiffrin’s Haters

by admin | Feb 18, 2022 | Representation, SEW

U.S. Olympic champion gymnast Simone Biles jumped to the defense of American skier Mikaela Shiffrin on Thursday after Shiffrin shared on Instagram some of the abusive comments she’s received following her disappointing performances at the Beijing Games, where she...
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