Shiffrin closes in on skiing record with first-run GS lead
Shiffrin could move past Vreni Schneider after matching the Swiss standout's mark of 20 World Cup GS victories last week. The overall record, between men and women, is held by Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark, who won 46 giant slaloms in the 1970s and 80s. Shiffrin has secured the overall, slalom and GS titles this season and set the record for most career wins with 87.
news.yahoo.com‘Not done yet:' Skier Shiffrin continues quest for records
Does getting a record 87th World Cup win make Mikaela Shiffrin the greatest ski racer of all time? Shiffrin doesn’t think so, despite congratulations pouring in from the likes of tennis stars Roger Federer and Iga Swiatek, actress Kate Winslet, and fellow skiing standouts Lindsey Vonn and Bode Miller.
news.yahoo.comMikaela Shiffrin sets World Cup skiing record with 87th win
American skier Mikaela Shiffrin set the outright World Cup record for most career victories with 87 by winning a slalom Saturday. Shiffrin broke a tie with Ingemar Stenmark on the all-time overall winners list between men and women. Shiffrin had matched Stenmark’s mark of 86 wins with victory in a giant slalom Friday.
news.yahoo.comMikaela Shiffrin gets her record 86th World Cup victory
Moments after winning her record-tying 86th World Cup race, Mikaela Shiffrin was asked by a Swedish broadcaster to directly address Ingemar Stenmark, the skiing standout who had promised to watch at home on television. “No matter what I do, it doesn’t ever compare to what you achieved,” Shiffrin said into the TV6 camera from the lakeside resort. Shiffrin matched the Swede's mark by winning a giant slalom on Friday.
news.yahoo.comShiffrin's quest for win 86 moves to Stenmark's Sweden
Mikaela Shiffrin 's quest to tie Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark's record of 86 career World Cup victories now moves to his home country. Shiffrin's next race is a giant slalom in Are on Friday, as the American skier seeks one victory to match Stenmark 's total on the all-time overall winners list – between men and women. Are was also the venue of Shiffrin's first career win, in December 2012.
news.yahoo.comSkier Shiffrin locks up overall title, still chases win 86
American skier Mikaela Shiffrin accomplished what she called “the big, big goal for me this season.” Shiffrin on Saturday locked up her fifth overall World Cup title, widely regarded as ski racing's biggest prize, by tying for fifth place in a downhill. Shiffrin needs one victory to match Ingemar Stenmark ’s total on the all-time overall winners list — between men and women.
news.yahoo.comAP Interview: Stenmark says Shiffrin 'better than I was'
To Ingemar Stenmark, all this fuss over Mikaela Shiffrin as she approaches his record of 86 World Cup skiing victories is beside the point. While all 86 of Stenmark’s wins in the 1970s and 80s came in the technical disciplines of slalom (40) and giant slalom (46), Shiffrin’s 85 wins have come, yes, predominantly in slalom (52) giant slalom (19) or parallel (5), but also in super-G (5), downhill (3) and combined (1). Stenmark knows the numbers well, because he enjoys following Shiffrin’s races.
news.yahoo.comAmerican skier Shiffrin splits with longtime coach at worlds
American skiing standout Mikaeala Shiffrin had an unexpected parting with her longtime coach, Mike Day, during the middle of the world championships after informing him that she planned to take a new direction with her staff at the end of the season. Day was with Shiffrin when she won the silver medal in super-G last week and then accompanied the skier for a few days of off-site training in Orcieres before returning to Meribel with her this week. “He left yesterday,” Riml said.
news.yahoo.comSkiers seek climate change moves: 'The seasons have shifted'
Overall World Cup winners Mikaela Shiffrin, Federica Brignone and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde are among nearly 200 athletes from multiple disciplines who have signed a letter addressed to the International Ski and Snowboard Federation demanding action over climate change.
Shiffrin adds to record total with 84th win in another GS
Mikaela Shiffrin didn’t wait long to add to her record total of World Cup wins. A day after securing record victory No. 83, Shiffrin added her 84th win on Wednesday in another giant slalom on the same course. Shiffrin finished a massive 0.82 seconds ahead of two-time Olympic silver medalist Ragnhild Mowinckel and 1.19 ahead of Olympic champion Sara Hector.
news.yahoo.comShiffrin's chase of record 83rd win moves on to next resort
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — American skier Mikaela Shiffrin’s pursuit of a record 83rd World Cup win will move on to the next stop on the circuit. Shiffrin finished seventh in a super-G on Sunday, 0.62 seconds behind race winner Ragnhild Mowinckel, to mark the third straight event in Cortina this weekend that she missed out on the podium. Mowinckel finished 0.30 seconds ahead of Cornelia Huetter and 0.47 seconds ahead of Marta Bassino on the course that will be used for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics.
news.yahoo.comShiffrin and Swiatek keep learning to win from each other
It all started a couple of years ago when Swiatek said Shiffrin was a role model for her. On Friday, as Swiatek routed qualifier Cristina Bucsa 6-0, 6-1 to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open a few hours before Shiffrin finished fourth in a downhill to leave her tied with Vonn for the women’s World Cup record of 82 wins, the tennis player and the skier renewed their long-distance conversation.
news.yahoo.comSki power couple Shiffrin, Kilde shine at World Cup Finals
It was clear — crystal globe clear — that skiing's power couple had a rewarding day in the French Alps. Mikaela Shiffrin and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde excelled Wednesday in Courchevel in their first races of the World Cup Finals — the week when all the crystal globe trophies are awarded in men's and women's skiing. “It was incredible, how she raced was perfect,” Kilde told Austrian broadcaster ORF.
news.yahoo.comShiffrin scores rare downhill win to extend World Cup lead
Mikaela Shiffrin increased her lead over Petra Vlhová in a close race for the overall title by winning the downhill on Wednesday at the World Cup Finals. Shiffrin had barely raced downhill this season — two World Cup events in December and then last month's Beijing Olympics. The American put down a clean run on the new Eclipse course to earn the victory and 100 World Cup points.
news.yahoo.comExperts discuss Mikaela Shiffrin and how to overcome a crisis of confidence: 'It happens to everyone'
Mikaela Shiffrin’s shocking back-to-back disqualifications at the 2022 Winter Olympics have shaken her confidence. Experts weigh in on how everyone can handle failure and overcome self-doubt.
cnbc.comShaun White's last Olympics hurrah comes in halfpipe final
NBC can breathe a sigh of relief as Shaun White has reached the final of the halfpipe. With Mikaela Shiffrin struggling on the ski slopes — and sounding uncertain about competing in the super-G — White could end up as the only major headliner Thursday night. If Shiffrin competes, the super-G will also be compelling as she tries to rebound after lasting about 15 seconds combined in her first two races.
news.yahoo.comU.S. wins first gold at Beijing Winter Olympics, but a star skier falls
Snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis won the first gold medal for Team USA at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. But star skier Mikaela Schiffrin suffered another stunning setback. CBS News' Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers have the day's highlights.
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