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Mikaela Shiffrin wins 1st race after six-week injury layoff to lock up World Cup slalom season title
by The Associated Press on March 10, 2024 at 8:01 pm
Shiffrin made a triumphant comeback to the World Cup Sunday, dominating the season’s penultimate slalom for career win 96 and locking up her record-equaling eighth season title in the discipline.
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PHOTOS: The 76th Running of Leadville Ski Joring
by Special to The Denver Post on March 6, 2024 at 12:29 am
Skiers compete as they’re pulled by horseback through a course with gates, rings and jumps during the 76th Annual Leadville Ski Joring event in Leadville on Sunday, March 3, 2024.
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Mikaela Shiffrin announces return and whether she thinks she can still win the overall title
by The Vail Daily on February 28, 2024 at 7:29 pm
Even as a record-tying sixth overall crystal globe slips away, Mikaela Shiffrin does not expect a return to the World Cup before the March 9-10 tech series in Are, Sweden.
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Gut-Behrami wins downhill to extend lead over Shiffrin in World Cup overall standings
by The Associated Press on February 16, 2024 at 4:27 pm
Lara Gut-Behrami has won a shortened World Cup downhill to close in on the injured Sofia Goggia in the discipline standings. She is on a four-race winning streak and overtook the absent Mikaela Shiffrin in the overall standings last weekend.
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Here’s how to have a snowmobiling adventure in Colorado
by Mindy Sink on February 13, 2024 at 1:00 pm
Whether it’s your first time on a snowmobile or you’re ready to explore the wilderness on your own machine, there are plenty of opportunities to ride across the snow in Colorado.
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Mikaela Shiffrin beats Petra Vlhova for emotional win in World Cup night race in Austria
by Eric Willemsen on January 16, 2024 at 10:57 pm
Mikaela Shiffrin celebrated an emotional win in a women’s World Cup night race Tuesday, edging out Slovakian skier Petra Vlhova in another gripping duel of their ongoing slalom rivalry.
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5 best Colorado ski resorts for amateur snowboarders, ranked by a transplant
by Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton on November 27, 2023 at 1:00 pm
I thought I knew how to snowboard until I moved to Colorado.
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Mikaela Shiffrin wins World Cup slalom in Killington for record-extending 90th career victory
by The Associated Press on November 27, 2023 at 3:05 am
Mikaela Shiffrin has extended her record of World Cup wins to 90. And she has done so in style.
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Swiss skier Gut-Behrami takes World Cup season-opening GS. Mikaela Shiffrin places 6th
by The Associated Press on October 28, 2023 at 9:56 am
Swiss skier Lara Gut-Behrami has edged first-run leader Federica Brignone by two-hundredths of a second to win the season-opening women’s World Cup giant slalom. Mikaela Shiffrin finished 1.40 seconds behind in sixth. Gut-Behrami trailed the Italian by 0.73 after the opening leg but made up three-quarter of a second with a gutsy second run. Gut-Behrami says “I’m happy as it’s my third win after 10 years.” The former overall champion previously won the traditional season opener on an Austrian glacier in 2013 and 2016. Petra Vlhova of Slovakia trailed by 0.14 in third.
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Mikaela Shiffrin turns page on busy offseason, begins pursuit of a 6th overall World Cup title
by The Associated Press on October 26, 2023 at 8:27 pm
Mikaela Shiffrin's busy offseason has included concerts, building dedications and picking up awards.