Watching a two-time Olympian and three-time Olympic medalist skier stumble — not once, not twice, but three times — at the Beijing Olympics was both extraordinary and painfully ordinary. No matter how well we prepare ourselves, how focused we are, what mental exercises we do to get ready, the reality is: These things happen. Mikaela Shiffrin herself seemed baffled as she talked to reporters after tripping on a gate and failing to finish the women’s Alpine combined race on Thursday, her third disastrous mishap at the Games. “I didn’t feel…
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Olympics Schedule Tonight: Watch Skiing and Women’s Hockey
The U.S. broadcast coverage of the 2022 Winter Games continues on Wednesday with medal events in Alpine skiing and women’s hockey, as curling continues. All times are Eastern. FREESTYLE SKIING The qualification round in women’s halfpipe will air live at 8:30 p.m. on USA Network and Peacock, with a portion also airing live on NBC. Brita Sigourney, the 2018 Olympic bronze medalist, will lead the American group of contenders with Hanna Faulhaber. Eileen Gu of China, who won silver in the slopestyle event, is also a strong medal contender. The…
Skier Mikaela Shiffrin is Back on Top and Headed to the Olympics
Thursday afternoon, roughly one month from the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony, Mikaela Shiffrin was still a bit out of breath from a slalom training session in Austria. But it felt good, and not just because Shiffrin, an eight-time Olympic and world champion, is once again atop the Alpine World Cup overall standings. “I finally feel like myself again,” she said in a phone interview. Ten weeks ago, as she sat in the kitchen of her Colorado home, Shiffrin all but predicted her comeback after nearly two years mourning the accidental…