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[wallymann]

Originally Posted by cadence90

Agree completely on Shiffrin and the speed events...win or not the other day, her body just does not seem built to withstand that abuse over years and years.

shiffrin has been steadily bulking up as she's matured. compared to when she first hit the scene, she's alot thicker and more solid -- no longer a little pixie.

give her a couple more years she'll close the weight/muscle gap to vonn and the others.

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[BikeNY]

Originally Posted by cadence90

I'm not so sure; Shiffrin may be close to her peak weight/condition right now, with no real reason to bulk up even more. Shiffrin is 5'-7"/140#, while Vonn is 5'-10"/160#. Vonn has always looked and looks bigger, stronger; her body type is just different, which is one reason she excels in the speed events. Shiffrin will never make up the 3" height difference, so adding +/- 20 more pounds could actually be disadvantageous.

Shiffrin's is very light, very precise, on her skis; her build and skills make her a prime slalom/giant slalom racer; and she has been completely dominant with the body she now has. It is logical that she should above all work to improve her musculature/flexibility and technique for those events, where she will not only very often be in contention for years to come, but also injure herself far less.
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Completely agree with you here. She will never be as big and powerful as Vonn. But that's OK. She can continue to excel at SL & GS, and then dabble a bit more in the speed events. Some courses will be better suited to her precision and style, and she knows exactly which ones those are, and she will target those. The courses where the heavier gliders do well will not be where she does well.

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[Tickdoc]

Amazing. That was fun to watch and can’t wait to see what happens in Pyeongchang.

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[Tickdoc]

Originally Posted by cadence90

I don't know how she/others handle that course, but if she performs anything like today, in the slalom at least...historic, embarrassing margins of victory.

She is light-years ahead of all her slalom competitors and will probably get there soon in GS as well.
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Yep. That was a REALLY tough course. Watching the men eat it up now.

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Originally Posted by cadence90

A men's Kranjska replay (the men were in Adelboden (SUI) this weekend)? Where are you watching it? I would like to watch that.

Yes, Kranjska Gora is basically a Men's course; I think they ran the Women's races there this year only because of lack of snow at Maribor or whatever the original SLO venue was.

But I have no idea how Kranjska Gora compares to Yongpyong (Pyeongchang) as a hill.
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Adelboden 9n Olympic channel.

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Yeah, she has been unbeatable the last 2 weeks, just makes it look easy. I think there is a couple of week break now for the tech events, with some DH and SG races instead. I'm pretty sure she will not be racing any of those, maybe a combined if there is one? She doesn't need to chase overall WC points as she has such a huge lead. She will likely spend her time training wherever she can find conditions that she thinks will mimic the Olympic conditions the most.

And no, I'm pretty sure you won't see her pull a Bode(skiing of the fence)!

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Sorry, I was wrong, There was one more Women's SL yesterday. One more win in the books for Mikaela, number 41 I believe.

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