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Day 9 of Milano Cortina 2026 belonged to Federica Brignone’s historic alpine double, Mikaela Shiffrin’s lingering Olympic ghosts, Johannes Klæbo’s impertinent dominance, and Italians behaving more like pirates than competitors as they plundered gold across home soil. Read my full iPINIONS take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/milano-cortina-2026-day-9 Read more.
Day 8 of Milano Cortina 2026 shattered alpine assumptions as Brazil claimed a historic gold, speed skating crowned its next commercial superstar, ski jumping descended into farce, and even the crowd delivered a moment of geopolitical payback. Read my full iPINIONS take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/milano-cortina-winter-olympics-2026-90b Read more.
Women’s Giant Slalom Here is how I reveled in Mikaela Shiffrin’s humbling introduction to Olympic competition four years ago in Sochi: The jingoistic American media anointed first-time Olympian Shiffrin as Lindsey Vonn’s golden heir apparent. Well, Shiffrin made her big debut and was properly left in the snow — a humbling introduction to Olympic competition.… Read more.
