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03-14-2017, 09:02 AM #351
I noticed that too ^^^^ Hopefully she can stay humble while destroying the competition. I could see that being tiring after awhile. She reminds me of Tiger Woods in his prime.
Love watching her race.
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03-17-2017, 09:15 PM #352
World Cup Overall Title...Congratulations
http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2017/0...overall-title/The Sheriff is near!
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03-18-2017, 04:03 AM #353Registered User
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Yeah, I imagine she feels some pressure to act a certain way being an American that is winning a lot. With her personality she may have had a an easier time being from a Scandi nation or something. Even on FB she doesn't even post that she's won a race.
Unlike most at the top of high level sport, she also doesn't strike me as the type that absolutely lives and breathes winning. When you read about her the picture they paint is a very inwards focused very dedicated technician that is constantly analysing and working at skiing the very best she can.
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03-18-2017, 12:14 PM #354
Good NYT article on her: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/17/s...i-racing.html?
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03-18-2017, 01:15 PM #355Registered User
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Vlhova, the first run leader, fell behind Mikaela by about 0.15 halfway through the second run.... but pulled ahead at the finish. Congrats to the (barely) 22 year old phenom for his first WC overall title!
Thanks for the NYT article link, Garth. It was well written.
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03-20-2017, 12:12 PM #356
Deadspin with a nice write-up:
http://deadspin.com/mikaela-shiffrin...eds-1793422444Well maybe I'm the faggot America
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda
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12-03-2017, 07:51 AM #357
Won a downhill!
ROLL TIDE ROLL
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12-03-2017, 10:07 AM #358Registered User
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Anyone know where to watch the Super-G at `1:00 pm today in Lake Louise? Thanks!!
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12-03-2017, 10:17 AM #359
I bet she's got the ultimate star alignment of body/brains/talent/coaching...and...perfect feet and dialed in boot flex/fit/skier stance angles and of course skis.
Some good tech analysis at https://skimoves.me/?s=shiffrin
Fascinating details to delve into. Learning from this definitely improved my skiing and awareness of my own mechanics while making turns.Master of mediocrity.
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12-03-2017, 10:57 AM #360
^^^^^
Thankyou for the link.
I also constantly evaluate my mechanics while skiing.
Saving that site
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12-03-2017, 03:45 PM #361
Here's an article that looks at her training from a young age.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2...r-in-the-world"College sailing isn't about who wins the most races, its about who can stand in the morning"
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12-03-2017, 04:09 PM #362Registered User
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12-03-2017, 06:28 PM #364"We don't beat the reaper by living longer, we beat the reaper by living well and living fully." - Randy Pausch
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12-03-2017, 07:16 PM #365Registered User
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12-03-2017, 07:42 PM #366
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12-03-2017, 07:51 PM #367Registered User
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Schiffrin is a technical specialist, but with the power outage yesterday, they dropped the start about 450 metres, so really left a more technical turn course, which played to Schiffrin’s skill set.
I was a little surprised she didn’t do better today. That being said, 5th isn’t shabby.
Read 2/3rds of that article. Great reading. Tiger Mom and coachable kid, pretty good combo, though I am guessing as time moves forward, Mom is gonna get pushed more to back seat as a matter of course and as she matures. 21is still pretty young.
An old girlfriend’s niece is on the Cdn development team. Had a beer with former GF and her sister. The team system and setup has some weird and expensive processes. But the Mom has been in Calgary for the last two weeks (home base is Vancouver) and she is commuting to Panorama for Nor-Ams and training next week for two weeks before Xmas. The driving is insane. The price is crazy. And this is for someone who has huge potential and is seriously knocking on the door. There is very little support for a lot of these kids, though I don’t know if the US s different. So the DIY, you are on your own mentality, even if you are on the team, is very justifiable...
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12-03-2017, 07:59 PM #368
You are totally right. Funding pretty tough in Canada and real expensive to get there
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We used to do fund raising dances with silent auction for Sun Peaks local Eli Terweil who raced for Canada in SL at Sochi. She did not race a lot of WC, instead got a scholarship to the University of Vermont (I think) and an free engineering degree worth 100s of thousands $$ and is now working for an engineering firm in Boston.
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12-03-2017, 10:13 PM #370Registered User
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It is sad when the best athletes are not the ones that get to the team. How many great skiers have we passed over due to them not having the financial wherewithal to make it.
To listen to him tell, and frankly it can be insufferable to go through with it, but Jim Hunter may be the last of the Canadian “self made” skiers. Most others of the Crazy Canuck era and beyond had a silver spoon help.
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12-04-2017, 09:32 AM #371
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12-04-2017, 09:38 AM #372
This photo makes me smile:
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12-04-2017, 09:47 AM #373
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12-04-2017, 09:51 AM #374Head down, push foreword
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No much choice -> her downhill ski washed out
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12-04-2017, 10:44 AM #375
She's just transitioning for the next turn.
She is going to be super fun to watch for the next X amount of years. Records will be broken I think.
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