Tag: Michaela Schiffrin

Michaela Shiffrin and the US mixed ski team lost a medal by 0.42 seconds, losing the bronze in the final alpine skiing event at the Beijing Olympics. The seeded Austrians won the gold at the second Winter Games for the mixed-team parallel event, postponing Germany in the final. The United States primarily used Shiffrin in the slower than parallel tournaments, and lost three of their four qualifiers, including the bronze match against Norway. Teammate River Radamos grabbed the victory the United States needed in the final playoffs to force a…

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Mikaela Shiffrin’s unexpectedly long and exhausting wait for her first medal at the Beijing Olympics has stretched to nearly two weeks. Another delay seems only appropriate. Shiffrin’s last hope of salvaging positivity in these games during the mixed team’s parallel slalom was saved from serious doubt after strong winds postponed the event on Saturday afternoon at the National Alpine Ski Center in Yanqing, near Beijing. It looked as if the event might become the second event to be canceled in Winter Olympics history due to time constraints before the closing…

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