by admin | Mar 30, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The U.S. women’s national team has lost two potential starters to injury ahead of a crucial double qualifier in July for the World Cup and Olympics. Forward Lynn Williams is out for the remainder of the National Women’s Soccer League season with an...
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...
by admin | Mar 21, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Mikaela Shiffrin’s standout World Cup season ended by letting the giant slalom title slip away to Tessa Worley on Sunday. As the final racer of the women’s season, Shiffrin was the first-run leader with a 0.82-second advantage. She needed to win the race...
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.
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...
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...
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...
by admin | Feb 16, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The time for transition with a team is never easy to predict, but there is one near certainty for the U.S. women’s national team: you typically do it after an Olympics because you have a big, three-year gap before the next World Cup on the calendar. Well, that...
by admin | Jan 21, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Breezy Johnson, one of the top American medal contenders for the upcoming Beijing Olympics, will miss a second straight World Cup downhill after her second crash in two weeks. Johnson fell during the second training session in Cortina on Friday and was removed from...
by admin | Jan 14, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Mikaela Shiffrin and Breezy Johnson, the U.S.’ top two Alpine skiers, are for different reasons sitting out this weekend’s World Cup speed races three weeks before the Olympics. Shiffrin, who has said she hopes to race all five individual events at the Olympics for...
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