Tag: laureus
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Vail Valley’s Mikaela Shiffrin is not ‘Sportswoman of the Year’
Mikaela Shiffrin, the World Cup queen of skiing, with her 88 wins, will not be adding another award to her trophy room Monday. That title goes to Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, aka The Mommy Rocket, as she was awarded the honor of “Sportswoman of the Year” at the Laureus World Sport Awards Monday night in…
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Mikaela Shiffrin skis to victory number 86, ties Stenmark’s record
Mikaela Shiffrin did it by less than a second. Win number 86 is hers. The Vail-based skier tied Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark’s World Cup wins record of 86 with her victory in a giant slalom race in Åre, Sweden Friday — the same ski hill where she won her first World Cup victory more than a…