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12-30-2016, 01:01 PM
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With her dominance in the salom, the Combine is a natural extension for her. She just has to be competent in downhill, with her SL skill, she should be able to podium in the combine. A combine podium will give her enough cushion to win the overall although the way she is going, SL and GS may be more than enough.
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03-12-2017, 02:04 PM
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I watched the WC cup yesterday. Wish I was there live. She gaffed the first gate and smoked the lower third of the course. How often are you going to hear the winner say she felt like Holdener gave it away rather than she winning it?
The two Steve(s) (S and P) we will have to suffer through during NBCSN TdF coverage were their as annoying fo ski racing.
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#23
03-19-2017, 06:29 PM
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what happened to the slovenian girl that was also a pop-singer?
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#25
12-04-2017, 10:52 AM
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Mikaela Shiffrin
One victory in the downhill does not make it a given, but I always expected Shiffrin to take a few more years to get the speed events.
If she can keep her Slalom form while continuing to improve in speed events, she can have such a special season. It's nice to see her deliver the goods after the glowing article in Outside. But Outside has been infatuated with this young women since she was in high school. So far, they have been spot on. https://www.outsideonline.com/226350...at-said-nobody She understand the old Lemond adage, 'It never gets easy, you just go faster'
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#28
12-04-2017, 01:15 PM
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I still vividly remember her second slalom run in the olympics. She messed up a gate pretty badly, but made an amazing recovery and got the gold. We're going to be watching her for quite awhile.
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#29
12-04-2017, 02:52 PM
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BIG fan of Mikaela here! I think she was as surprised as anyone after her 3rd place and then a win in those 2 downhills. Somehow those races just set up well for here between the snow conditions, the terrain, and the lighting. She also had a 5th on the SG on the same hill. She is certainly on track to be the most successful alpine skier of all time. That said, DH and SG will not be a regular thing for her this season, or even the next couple of seasons. She had some spare time between her usual SL and GS schedule, and wanted some practice for the Combined, which she will be competing in at the Olympics. There's an outside chance she could race the DH and SG at the Olympics, but it's a small chance.
Anytime you add more speed training and races to the schedule. you loose training time for her main SL and GS events, which she is not willing to do right now. I'm looking forward to watching her for many years to come. I got to watch her race this year and last year at Killington, which was a treat! Nice to see Mr. GS, Ted Ligety, back on snow again as well!
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#30
12-04-2017, 03:32 PM
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No sure who this is I have not really followed any sport in serious regularity. Even the Warriors/NBA. If you asked me something I'd totally botch it up.
BUT, I wanna say, reading the first paragraph, I was like huh? The writing was trying to be cute. The second, it was all about tanned blonde ski goddess. It's amazing that in todays culture, normally, if a guy said that, there'd be a month long beat down. Just look at the Pinarello ad! But since the writer is a woman, I'm guessing there will be little to no backlash. Not saying either is ok. Just funny the double standards out there.
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