FLACHAU, Austria — Mikaela Shiffrin didn’t want to slow down, even after the race was over. Having just beaten her biggest slalom rival in a women’s World Cup night race on Tuesday, the American ski star was still in a hurry — to get in touch with her boyfriend Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, who was recovering from surgery. “I’m really proud …
KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia — For a change, the American skier on a slalom podium is not called Mikaela Shiffrin. American teammate AJ Hurt used a blistering second run to finish third in a women’s World Cup race Sunday, after Shiffrin failed to finish the opening leg. “It feels amazing,” Hurt said after her first career World Cup podium, adding an …
COURCHEVEL, France — Mikaela Shiffrin 2, Petra Vlhova 2. The two best slalom skiers on the women’s World Cup continued their rivalry Thursday, as Vlhova used a frenetic final run to edge out Shiffrin in tough conditions at a night race affected by rain and fog. The result marked the 23rd time in women’s World Cup history that Shiffrin and …