Tag: Winter Games
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Mark Kiszla: First person Mikaela Shiffrin told all about this gold medal was her deceased father
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy • The GOAT cried. After ending her Olympic slump with a slalom victory so loud it shook the Dolomites, Mikaela Shiffrin took a private moment at the finish line to have a quiet conversation with her deceased father. “Today, it was like maybe I just talk to him,” Shiffrin said. “Maybe he…
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Mark Kiszla: What Hotdog Hans could teach Olympians feeling strain of the Winter Games
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, ITALY • No offense to Olympic megastars Sidney Crosby or Snoop Dogg, but the celebrity I’d most like to crack open a frosty Peroni with at the Winter Games is Hotdog Hans. “We’re gonna have to get you and Hans together,” Aspen native and halfpipe skier Alex Ferreira tells me. That’s wicked sweet,…
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Nike’s Team USA Olympic collection features Colorado Springs landmarks
Befitting a city that performs most of its Olympic-related work behind the scenes, Colorado Springs will be represented every time an American reaches the awards podium during the Winter Games but in a way that is hidden from view. The Therma-FIT Air Milano Jacket from ACG and Nike that will uniformly serve as part of…