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David Wise is back on the podium for freeski halfpipe, but with a new medal color. Elana Meyers Taylor picks up another medal. Games close on Sunday with a handoff to 2026 Milan-Cortina.
David Wise is back on the podium for freeski halfpipe, but with a new medal color. Elana Meyers Taylor picks up another medal. Games close on Sunday with a handoff to 2026 Milan-Cortina.
Team Shuster, Jordan Stolz, and U.S. women’s freeski halfpipe all missed the podium. U.S. has chances on Saturday to medal in alpine and bobsled.
Team Shuster, Jordan Stolz, and U.S. women’s freeski halfpipe all missed the podium. U.S. has chances on Saturday to medal in alpine and bobsled.
Mikaela Shiffrin will leave Beijing without an individual medal. US women’s hockey falls to Canada in gold medal game. Kaillie Humphries returns Friday.
Mikaela Shiffrin will leave Beijing without an individual medal. US women’s hockey falls to Canada in gold medal game. Kaillie Humphries returns Friday.
Mikaela Shiffrin is still without a medal. Team Shuster in good position for curling medal round. Wednesday has Jessie Diggins and Rosie Brennan in cross country team sprint.
Mikaela Shiffrin is still without a medal. Team Shuster in good position for curling medal round. Wednesday has Jessie Diggins and Rosie Brennan in cross country team sprint.
Well said!
Mikaela Shiffrin is having a rough go at it in the Winter Olympics, failing to advance past the opening run of both the slalom and giant slalom.
As a three-time Olympic medalist and the reigning giant slalom Olympic champion, she entered the Beijing Games with extremely high expectations from both herself and others. Not turning in the type of breathtaking performances people have come accustomed to has been yet another reminder of the pressure placed on these athletes.
After her “Did Not Finish” in Tuesday’s giant slalom, Shiffrin’s boyfriend and fellow Alpine skier Aleksander Aamodt Kilde shared a perfect message on Instagram about the pressure of competing on this level and how people should show support in these inevitable moments.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZwEvRkvE0o/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Fellow Olympic giant and gymnast Simone Biles also sent love Shiffrin’s way, just months from her own withdrawal from the Summer Games.
🤍🤍🤍 @MikaelaShiffrin
— Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) February 9, 2022
The thing is, Shiffrin has been one of the very best athletes in an incredibly difficult and dangerous sport. The pedestal athletes like her and Biles are placed on as a result of their success – a very pressure-filled pedestal to be on – should afford them grace in these situations. That’s what Kilde wanted to remind people of.
Shiffrin appreciated the words of encouragement.
My hope for every human is that they
find another human who finds a way to
love, understand, and heal them in the way @AleksanderKilde has done and
continues to for me ❤️ https://t.co/sDrTptur4R— Mikaela Shiffrin (@MikaelaShiffrin) February 9, 2022
Olympic athletes train extremely hard for a once-in-every-four-years opportunity. When they fail to live out their dreams, especially the ones who have tasted that success, it’s not easy.
Hopefully people keep that in mind the next time one of the world’s top athletes fails to live up to what they expect. It’s going to happen because no one is perfect. And more than likely, that athlete has higher expectations of themselves than anyone else.
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The sports world is sending its best to Mikaela Shiffrin.
Mikaela Shiffrin has shockingly skied out of her second event at the Beijing Olympics, the women’s slalom.
On Wednesday morning in Beijing, Shiffrin had just started her slalom run when she was disqualified after missing a gate merely five seconds in. On Monday, Shiffrin was disqualified from her giant slalom run after she wiped out at the top of the course. Shiffrin was favored in both events, as she was the reigning gold medalist in the giant slalom from 2018.
Both disqualifications are unusual from Shiffrin, who has been known as a pretty mistake-free skier in her career. These Olympics are the first that Shiffrin is without her late father, a loss that she has stated is still pretty “painful” nearly two years later.
Shiffrin will be participating in three more events in the Beijing Olympics — women’s downhill and the two women’s combined events — and will still have the chance to claim a fourth Olympic medal (or more) in her career.
The sports world has since rallied around Shiffrin, who sat devastated at the side of the course after her disqualification. Sports fans also were left fuming with NBC’s coverage of Shiffrin’s disqualification, as the broadcast spent minutes lingering on shots of her sitting on the course in disbelief.
It was a rough day for the U.S. on the mountain. Mikaela Shiffrin did not finish her giant slalom run and Nina O’Brien left on a stretcher.
It was a rough day for the U.S. on the mountain. Mikaela Shiffrin did not finish her giant slalom run and Nina O’Brien left on a stretcher.
Julia Marino won the first medal of the Beijing Games for the U.S. Monday will feature the medal for the figure skating team event.
Julia Marino won the first medal of the Beijing Games for the U.S. Monday will feature the medal for the figure skating team event.
After her father’s sudden passing, Mikaela Shiffrin has learned how to refocus through healing. The Beijing Olympics will be Shiffrin’s third Games.
After her father’s sudden passing, Mikaela Shiffrin has learned how to refocus through healing. The Beijing Olympics will be Shiffrin’s third Games.
Go for gold! (Again!)
The United States won nine gold medals at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, fourth-most behind Norway (14), Germany (14) and Canada (11).
Team USA is in position to defend every one of those medals as the 2022 Olympics begin in Beijing, with the Opening Ceremony set for Friday, Feb. 4.
Five individual gold medalists return and four teams — all with returning members — are back to try to win it all once again. But it’s a lot to keep track of so we’re here to help.
Here’s a look at nine Team USA Olympic gold medalists looking to defend their titles four years later at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games.
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