by admin | Feb 17, 2022 | Representation, SEW
It was a really bad time for Mikaela Shiffrin to have a really bad time. That’s all her oh-fer-the Beijing Olympics is. It’s not a summation of her career, a sign she’s lost her edge, a personal indictment or any of the other nonsense that will no...
by admin | Feb 15, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Italian Alpine skiing ace Sofia Goggia came within an eyeblink of the impossible and settled for the improbable in the women’s downhill, winning the silver medal just 23 days after sustaining multiple serious injuries to her left knee. On January 23, a crash in a...
by admin | Feb 15, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Mikaela Shiffrin arrived at the 2022 Winter Olympics with the goal of competing in all five individual Alpine skiing disciplines, something she had never done before at the Winter Games. She’ll end up going one step further before the Olympic flame is extinguished....
by admin | Feb 13, 2022 | #MeToo, SEW
U.S. Ski & Snowboard said it is aware of claims of sexual harassment and racism that were made against a snowboarding coach and athlete who are at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. Earlier this week, 2010 U.S. Olympian Callan Chythlook-Sifsof leveled...
by admin | Feb 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Led by an insane jump from 2021 world silver medalist Chris Lillis, the U.S. on Thursday defeated overwhelming favorite China and claimed mixed team aerials gold in the event’s Olympic debut at the 2022 Winter Games. Lillis stomped a back double full-full-double...
by admin | Feb 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Struggling U.S. skier Mikaela Shiffrin is cutting out interviews at the Beijing Winter Olympics. After disqualifications in the giant slalom and slalom generated controversial TV coverage that included a raw interview with NBC, the two-time gold medalist issued a...
by admin | Feb 9, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Skier Darya Dolidovich has fled Belarus after being barred from competing in the Winter Olympics over accusations regarding her involvement with the country’s opposition movement. The 17-year-old cross-country skier’s International Ski Federation (FIS)...
by admin | Feb 9, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Simone Biles and Lindsey Vonn are among the US sports stars who have thrown their support behind Mikaela Shiffrin as the American Alpine skiing star’s nightmarish start to the Winter Games continues. Shiffrin, one of the most decorated skiers in history, whose bid for...
by admin | Feb 9, 2022 | Representation, SEW
NBC’s reporting on Mikaela Shiffrin’s second straight skiing disqualification at the Beijing Winter Olympics has some fans comparing the coverage to Simone Biles’ struggles at the Summer Olympics. And not in a good way. Shiffrin missed a gate early in the slalom...
by admin | Feb 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Eileen Gu is only 18. Born and raised in California, Gu competes for her mother’s native China, where she hopes to win three gold medals: in halfpipe, slopestyle and big air. Gu’s relationship to fear is evolving. She thinks about it a lot. She keeps a diary, and some...
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