Tag: Mikaela Shiffrin
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Mark Kiszla: First person Mikaela Shiffrin told all about this gold medal was her deceased father
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy • The GOAT cried. After ending her Olympic slump with a slalom victory so loud it shook the Dolomites, Mikaela Shiffrin took a private moment at the finish line to have a quiet conversation with her deceased father. “Today, it was like maybe I just talk to him,” Shiffrin said. “Maybe he…
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Colorado’s Mikaela Shiffrin wins slalom to break 8-year Olympic drought
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CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin’s eight-year Olympic medal drought is over. The American skiing standout put in two dominant runs to win the women’s slalom at the Winter Games on Wednesday by 1.50 seconds. The race isn’t officially over yet, with dozens of lower-tier racers still to take the course. But Shiffrin is the leader…
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Mark Kiszla: Why Mikaela Shiffrin and Ilia Malinin are the accidental heroes of Winter Olympics
CORTINA d’AMPEZZIO, Italy – The real big shocker of these Winter Games is how skier Mikaela Shiffrin and skater Ilia Malinin have become accidental American heroes. Through the pain of their very public Olympic suffering, they’ve taught mere mortals like you and me a valuable lesson: Choke happens. If the pressure can get to Shiffrin…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: Was Buffs legend Christian Fauria wrong to pancake Coach Prime with criticism?
Hey, Kiz! I know you’re at the Winter Olympics in Italy. But did you see former CU Buffs football star Christian Fauria unload on Coach Prime with criticism? Just want to say: Thumbs up to Mr. Fauria! – J.G., honeymoon’s over Kiz: Welp, that was a bruising pancake block Fauria put on Deion Sanders. Fauria,…
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Mark Kiszla: Mikaela Shiffrin again wearing thorny GOAT horns of doubt at Olympics
MILAN — She’s the GOAT who chokes on Olympic slopes. Mikaela Shiffrin was painfully reminded it’s nearly impossible to ski with a nervous heart in your throat and the five Olympic rings shackled tightly around your boots. In a new event that seemed invented for her benefit, presenting a golden opportunity to cure a wicked…
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Mikaela Shiffrin’s Olympic struggles continue with a fourth-place finish in the team combined
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin extended her Olympic slump with a fourth-place finish in the new team combined event at the Milan Cortina Games on Tuesday after partner Breezy Johnson led the opening downhill leg. Shiffrin, the most successful World Cup racer of all time with a record 108 victories — 71 of them in slalom, also a record — has…
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Mark Kiszla: The mountain doesn’t care. It laughed at skier Lindsey Vonn’s plans for a fairy-tale ending in Italy.
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy – Every ski racer has a plan until the mountain wrecks ’em at 60 mph. American downhiller Breezy Johnson was sizzling Sunday, screaming down the mountain to win a gold medal. But what will leave the impossible-to-erase marks on our memory from this race are the agonizing shrieks from teammate Lindsey Vonn,…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: Would Broncos be in Super Bowl today if John Elway got QB he liked in 2018 NFL draft?
I hate the Seahawks. I abhor the Patriots. I’ve never heard of Bad Bunny and already can’t stand his “music.” Can’t stand NBC analyst Cris Collinsworth. But I probably watch the Super Bowl anyway. – J-Dawg, Boulder Kiz: Two years ago, when Sam Darnold was trying to rehabilitate his NFL career as a seldom-used reserve…
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Mark Kiszla: Why Mikaela Shiffrin won’t be a klutz in the clutch at the Olympics this time
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy – Mikaela Shiffrin showed up at the Olympics, rocking and ready for her close-up in front of the whole wide world, then promptly got rudely photobombed by a total klutz. Damn, girl. Can you say em-bar-rass-ing? The 30-year-old Colorado native is the greatest skier since the invention of snow … except when…
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Mikaela Shiffrin wins slalom on home snow at Copper Mountain, records extend further
COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. (AP) — American superstar race skier Mikaela Shiffrin dominated a World Cup slalom on home Colorado snow Sunday to remain perfect in the discipline during the Olympic season. Shiffrin extended her winning streak in slalom to four races after also claiming the opening two races this season and the final event of last season. It…