The New York Times – Music:
Shiffrin, the champion American ski racer, is an unabashed Swiftie, and has long seen the pop culture force as a textbook guide for navigating fame, adversity and unprecedented success.
Category: World Cup (Skiing)
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Shiffrin and Diggins Put On a Show This Season. Can the U.S. Build on It?
The New York Times – Sports:
Mikaela Shiffrin and Jessie Diggins are skiing unicorns. American skiing wants to make sure the next stars don’t have to be.
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Mikaela Shiffrin’s New Head Coach Is a Trailblazer, and a Woman
The New York Times – Sports:
Karin Harjo, head coach of the Canadian women’s Alpine team, will replace Shiffrin’s longtime coach, Mike Day, with whom she parted ways in February.
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Mikaela Shiffrin Wins Gold In Super-G at The World Championships
The New York Times – Sports:
A silver medal in super-G gave Shiffrin her 12th career medal at the world Alpine skiing championships and made her the first woman in the modern era to accumulate that many.
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Mikaela Shiffrin Breaks Lindsey Vonn’s Record for World Cup Wins
The New York Times – Sports:
Shiffrin passed Vonn by winning her 83rd World Cup race, the most by a female skier. She now needs just four more wins to break Ingemar Stenmark’s career record of 86.
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Rosi Mittermaier Dies at 72; as Olympic Skier, a German National Hero
The New York Times – Sports:
She became known as Gold-Rosi after winning two Olympic gold medals and the Alpine Ski World Cup in 1976.
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Mikaela Shiffrin Has Moved On From Beijing and Moved Closer to History
The New York Times – Sports:
Only two victories behind Lindsey Vonn’s women’s record for career World Cup victories, Mikaela Shiffrin is also in reach of the all-time record of 86.
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After Disappointing Olympics, Mikaela Shiffrin Wins World Cup Overall Title
The New York Times – Sports:
The skier said she was “embarrassed” by failing to win a medal in any of her five Beijing Olympic events. Turns out she was in it for the yearlong haul.