COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. — Downhill skier Breezy Johnson has been banned for 14 months for three violations of anti-doping rules and can’t race until December. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency published its decision late Monday for Johnson’s failure to comply with the whereabouts rules. They oblige athletes to detail where they can be found for one … Read more
INNSBRUCK, Austria — Skiing power couple Mikaela Shiffrin and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde have announced they’re engaged to be married. Shiffrin, a two-time Olympic champion who has won a record 97 World Cup races, holds her ring up to the camera in one of several photos they posted on their social media accounts. Aamodt Kilde is … Read more
ARE, Sweden — Mikaela Shiffrin made a triumphant return to the Alpine skiing World Cup after a six-week injury layoff Sunday, dominating the season’s penultimate slalom for career win 96 and locking up her record-equaling eighth season title in the discipline. Racing for the first time since hurting her left knee in a downhill crash … Read more
Mikaela Shiffrin’s return from her downhill crash is still on schedule for this weekend in Sweden, though the American standout might only enter one of the two World Cup races at the resort in Are. “Mikaela is improving in slalom and feels that the slalom race is still realistic, but the GS (giant slalom) is … Read more
KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia — Mikaela Shiffrin straddled a gate and didn’t finish the first run of a women’s World Cup slalom Sunday, with Slovakian skier Petra Vlhova leading the race. Racing in falling snow, Shiffrin trailed her main rival by 0.47 seconds at the first checkpoint before the American’s left ski went the wrong side … Read more
