Mikaela Shiffrin wipes out in giant slalom
Defending Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin will not repeat in the women’s giant slalom. Shiffrin’s first of five potential events in Beijing ended in disappointment Monday when she wiped out on her opening run.
After being shut out from the podium on the first day of competition at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Team USA fared far better on the second.
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Two American women each won silver medals in their respective competitions on Sunday: Julia Marino in women’s slopestyle snowboarding and Jaelin Kauf in women’s moguls. Elsewhere, the women’s hockey team dominated Switzerland and now will close group play against its fierce rival, Canada.
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Shiffrin wipes out in first run of giant slalom
Mikaela Shiffrin’s first race ended almost as soon as it started.
After looking tentative through her first few gates in the first run of the giant slalom, the defending Olympic champion appeared to get too far over on her edges and fell over. After skiing off to the side, Shiffrin stood for several seconds, looking at the area where her hopes for gold ended.
Shiffrin has said she hopes to do all five individual events at the Beijing Olympics. Her next race will come Wednesday, in the slalom. She won gold there in 2018, making her the youngest champion in that event.
— Nancy Armour
Report: Peng Shuai meets with IOC president, says she ‘never disappeared’
BEIJING – Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai told a French newspaper that her long-planned dinner with International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has already occurred.
In a story published Monday by L’Equipe, Peng said the two met for dinner Saturday. She also once again denied having accused anyone of sexual assault, after alleging in a social-media post in November that she had been assaulted by Zhang Gaoli, a former high-ranking Chinese government official.
Peng’s post was later scrubbed from Chinese social media, and she disappeared from public view for several weeks. She also disagreed with that characterization.
“I never disappeared, everyone could see me,” Peng told L’Equipe.
Activists have expressed concern that Peng’s movements and statements have been monitored or influenced by the Chinese government in the wake of her allegation.
IOC spokesperson Mark Adams confirmed that Bach and Peng had dinner Saturday night. When asked Sunday about the dinner, he said he had no update.
— Tom Schad
Moguls skier Kai Owens couldn’t see out of one eye after crash in practice
ZHANGJIAKOU, China – Cupping, dry needling, ice, pressure and some kind of brush for her face — all day, every day, every hour, for the last several days. This was Kai Owens’ entire existence.
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