Welcome back to At the Games. With determination and grit, U.S. skier Mikaela Shiffrin reflects on the pressures and failures in Beijing in 2022. Today, she embraces setbacks and wants to take on the responsibility of leading the team in Italy. Meanwhile, American speedskater Brittany Bowe just missed a medal Monday in the 1,000-meter race and is embracing her final Olympic journey. Lindsay Vonn speaks for the first time since her big crash on Sunday. Also on Monday, mixed doubles curlers Korey Dropkin and Cory Thiesse earned a spot in the gold medal game, meaning Team USA will win its first medal in the sport on Tuesday. Let's jump into the newsletter. |
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After a disastrous Beijing Olympics, Team USA's slalom superstar is back at the Winter Games with a refreshing dose of perspective—and the medal podium in sight. |
By Pat Forde In accordance with her superstar status in the skiing world, Mikaela Shiffrin has some heavyweight sponsors. Some of them had signage ready for her press conference ahead of her Milan Cortina debut. When Shiffrin sat down at the podium, a Visa-branded photo to her right showed her in action from the Beijing Olympics in 2022. "It's a very cool picture," Shiffrin noted. "Like pulling the picture where I was on my feet." She waited a beat, then added, "Sorry. That deserved a bigger laugh." It was a deft moment of self-deprecation, an acknowledgment of the amount of time she spent splattered in the Chinese snow in an Olympics gone all wrong. The most accomplished World Cup skier in history brutally bombed in Beijing, crashing three times in six races and failing to win a single medal. It was like watching Michael Jordan go scoreless in an NBA Finals game or Tom Brady throw five interceptions in a Super Bowl. |
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In this episode of the Daily Rings podcast, Mitch Goldich and Dan Gartland dive into the controversial use of an AI-generated AC/DC remix by the Czech Republic's Katerina Mrazkova and Daniel Mrazek during their ice dance routine. |
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By Michael Rosenberg In her last chance at her favorite individual race, Brittany Bowe missed out on a bronze medal by six tenths of a second. She needed even less time to get over it. Well, this is speedskating. There is a reason the clock goes down to hundredths of a second. Four years ago, Bowe earned bronze in this same event—the 1000 meters—at the COVID-19-lockdown Olympics in Beijing. She finished one tenth of a second ahead of the fourth-place finisher. She spent even less time enjoying it. "Being on the other side, winning my first individual medal, and not having that energy in the stands—not having my mom, my dad, my sister, everyone that's been a part of my journey from Day One—winning that medal actually felt quite empty," Bowe said. "And being out here, finishing on the other side, I actually can say I felt more joy in that moment. Because why I do this is so much bigger than just myself." Bowe is 37. She plans to retire after these Olympics. She will do so with at least two Olympic medals—she also has a bronze from the team pursuit in 2018, and she still has the team pursuit, 500, and 1500 to go in Milan. Medals are always the goal but rarely the point. |
By Ben Steiner A legend of moguls skiing, Mikaël Kingsbury is obsessed. You can see it in his eyes as he studies the staggered rhythm of moguls courses around the world. It's a dialed-in yet relaxed look, analyzing every bump ahead. It's an obsession with himself, his craft and his victories that few others possess. And it has him in the history books alongside American stars Mikaela Shiffrin and Lindsey Vonn, and few others, as he skis at what could be his fourth and final Olympic Games at 33 years old. "It's in a positive, healthy way. He is just so driven to be the best and not at the expense of anybody else, but really just focused on himself," says Freestyle Ski Canada CEO Peter Judge. "Having stars like that can have a profound impact on any franchise or organization. … Look at LeBron James and the L.A. Lakers or Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs. |
Switzerland - 🥇3 🥈1 🥉1(5) |
United States- 🥇2 🥈0 🥉0 (2) |
Netherlands - 🥇1 🥈1 🥉0 (2) |
South Korea- 🥇0 🥈1 🥉1 (2) |
New Zealand- 🥇0 🥈1 🥉0 (1) |
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American curler Cory Thiesse, along with partner Korey Dropkin, eyes a gold medal in mixed doubles after upsetting Italy in the semifinals. |
- 7:30 a.m. ET: Men's biathlon 20-km individual MEDAL 🏅
- 8:05 a.m. ET: Curling mixed doubles bronze medal game (USA Network) MEDAL 🏅
12 p.m. ET: Curling mixed doubles gold medal game (USA Network) MEDAL 🏅 - 12:30 p.m. ET: Women's luge singles final run (USA Network; NBC at 12:45 p.m.) MEDAL 🏅
- 4:30 p.m. ET: Men's cross-country skiing 20-km individual (USA Network) MEDAL 🏅
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