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Mikaela Shiffrin finally delivers the slalom gold that eluded her since Beijing, reminding the world why she’s the greatest alpine skier ever. France completes a hostile takeover of biathlon. And Johannes Høsflot Klæbo reaches Michael Phelps territory with his 10th Olympic gold. Day 12 at Milano Cortina is about redemption, dominance, and history… Read my… Read more.
In a stunning result, Michaela Shiffrin failed to successfully navigate more than a handful of turns in Wednesday’s women’s slalom and was disqualified from her second race this week at the Beijing Olympics. Shiffrin, a two-time Olympic champion who was expected to contend for multiple gold medals at Beijing, had trouble in her run almost… Read more.
I noted in “Diplomatic Brinkmanship Upstages the Opening Ceremony“ on February 9 that supervening events might limit my commentary on Olympic events. That has been the case, most notably last week with the Parkland mass shooting and the resignation of South African President Jacob Zuma, and this week with the death of Billy Graham and the… 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.
Figure Skating Pairs Ice Dance The fix was in. In fact, this suspicion hovered over all events in Pairs Figure Skating even before competition began. According to L’Équipe, which quoted an unnamed Russian coach, the United States intended to help Russia win the overall team event and the pairs competition. In return, Russia would make… Read more.
