Haugan wins slalom; Kristoffersen clinches overall
Norway's Timon Haugan just barely unseated Noel Clement of France by 0.03 seconds to claim victory in the slalom at the World Cup Finals in Sun Valley, while his teammate Henrik Kristoffersen clinched the overall title.
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Shiffrin says in essay she feels 'like myself again' after recovering from ski racing crash, PTSD
FILE - United States' Mikaela Shiffrin reacts on the podium after winning the women's slalom at the World Cup Finals, Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Sun Valley, Idaho. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) Mikaela Shiffrin, U.S. World Cup alpine skier, is interviewed at a NBCUniversal and U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee press preview event to promote the upcoming Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Mikaela Shiffrin, U.S. World Cup alpine skier, is interviewed at a NBCUniversal and U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee press preview event to promote the upcoming Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) FILE - United States' Mikaela Shiffrin reacts on the podium after winning the women's slalom at the World Cup Finals, Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Sun Valley, Idaho. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) Mikaela Shiffrin, U.S. World Cup alpine skier, is interviewed at a NBCUniversal and U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee press preview event to promote the upcoming Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin finally feels 'like myself again' after recovering from a ski racing crash last season and lingering post-traumatic stress disorder. Shiffrin described in an essay for The Players' Tribune released Friday the physical and mental hurdles she needed to clear after her serious spill during a giant slalom race in Killington, Vermont, on Nov. 30. In the crash, something punctured Shiffrin's side and caused severe damage to her oblique muscles. Advertisement 'Everyone knows what it feels like to have a bad cough. But PTSD … it's not like that,' the 30-year-old from Edwards, Colorado, wrote. 'It comes in all shapes and sizes. Everyone experiences it in their own way, and no two cases are exactly alike.' Shiffrin was leading after the first run of the GS that day in Killington. With the finish line in sight on her final run, she lost an edge and slid into a gate, flipping over her skis. The all-time winningest Alpine World Cup ski racer then slammed into another gate before coming to a stop in the protective fencing. To this day, she doesn't know what led to the puncture wound, only that it was "a millimeter from pretty catastrophic,' she told The Associated Press. Shiffrin wrote in The Players' Tribune it was 'difficult to explain what the pain felt like. But the closest I can get would probably be, it was like … not only was there a knife stabbing me, but the knife was actually still inside of me.' In late January, Shiffrin returned to the World Cup circuit. The giant slalom, though, remained a cause of anxiety and she skipped the event at world championships. Advertisement Ever so steadily, she's working on overcoming the mental trauma surrounding the GS as she gears up for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games. She won an Olympic gold medal in the discipline at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. She's been working with a psychologist to conquer her mental obstacles. 'I can admit that there were some extremely low moments," recounted Shiffrin, who won her 100th career World Cup ski race in February. "Times when I started second-guessing myself, or was critical of myself because I felt like I was letting what happened mess with me so much. It was like: Come on, Mikaela, people have had way worse crashes than that, way worse injuries. Those people got through it. What is wrong with you? "On particularly bad days, I'd question my motivation, or whether I still wanted to do this anymore. In my head, I'd be saying to myself: You know what, I kind of couldn't care less if I ever race again.' Advertisement She and the therapist began looking at her recovery through the prism of PTSD. 'With me, I also think it's possible that the crash I had at the beginning of 2024 in Cortina, and then Killington happening. … that those two crashes maybe built on one another,' Shiffrin said. 'I talked with my therapist about that, and she let me know that past trauma, or a history of traumatic events, can sometimes affect your reaction to new traumatic events.' She lost her dad, Jeff, five years ago in a home accident. Her fiancé and fellow ski racer Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway is still recovering from a serious ski crash on Jan. 13, 2024. 'Maybe when I crashed and got that puncture wound, maybe that was kind of a perfect-storm situation for PTSD to take hold," Shiffrin wrote. Advertisement Shiffrin said one thing that's helped is 'getting back to a place of joy.' She closed her essay with: "All I can do is smile with appreciation. Because, finally .... I feel like myself again.' ___ AP skiing:
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06-05-2025
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Champion skier Mikaela Shiffrin joins NWSL Denver's ownership group
FILE - United States' Mikaela Shiffrin reacts on the podium after winning the women's slalom at the World Cup Finals, Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Sun Valley, Idaho. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) DENVER (AP) — Olympic gold medal-winning skier Mikaela Shiffrin has joined the ownership group of the National Women's Soccer League expansion team in Denver, set to launch next year. Shiffrin, an eight-time world champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist, is the most decorated alpine skier of all time. She is the latest celebrity athlete to invest in an NWSL team. Others run the gamut from NBA star James Harden (Houston Dash) to former NFL quarterback Eli Manning (Gotham FC) to actress Natalie Portman (Angel City). Advertisement 'I'm beyond thrilled to join the ownership group of Denver NWSL and support something so meaningful in the community I call home,' Shiffrin said in a statement Tuesday. 'The sport culture in Colorado is rich and deep, and — most notably — the growth of women's sports is one of the most exciting movements in our culture today." Denver was awarded the NWSL's 16th team earlier this year. A club in Boston will join Denver in kicking off next year. In March, the Denver team's owners unveiled plans for a new downtown soccer stadium. The facility will be only the second purpose-built women's soccer stadium in the league after the Kansas City Current opened CPKC Stadium last year. Denver's owners more recently announced plans for a temporary stadium and training facility in Centennial, Colorado, southeast of Denver. ___ AP soccer:
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14-04-2025
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Ski great Brignone's first aim is to walk before thinking of next year's Olympics
Ski great Brignone's first aim is to walk before thinking of next year's Olympics Italy's Sofia Goggia reacts on the podium after finishing in third place for the women's World Cup overall at the World Cup Finals, Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Sun Valley, Idaho. (AP Photo/John Locher) Italy's Federica Brignone speeds down the course during a giant slalom at the Italian championships in the Lusia ski area, in Val di Fassa, Italy, Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Elvis Piazzi) Overall World Cup skiing champion Italy's Federica Brignone is carried away on a toboga after she broke multiple bones in her left leg during a giant slalom crash at the Italian championships in the Lusia ski area, in Val di Fassa, Italy, Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Elvis Piazzi) Overall World Cup skiing champion Italy's Federica Brignone is carried away on a toboga after she broke multiple bones in her left leg during a giant slalom crash at the Italian championships in the Lusia ski area, in Val di Fassa, Italy, Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Elvis Piazzi) Italy's Sofia Goggia reacts on the podium after finishing in third place for the women's World Cup overall at the World Cup Finals, Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Sun Valley, Idaho. (AP Photo/John Locher) Italy's Federica Brignone speeds down the course during a giant slalom at the Italian championships in the Lusia ski area, in Val di Fassa, Italy, Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Elvis Piazzi) Overall World Cup skiing champion Italy's Federica Brignone is carried away on a toboga after she broke multiple bones in her left leg during a giant slalom crash at the Italian championships in the Lusia ski area, in Val di Fassa, Italy, Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Elvis Piazzi) MILAN (AP) — Italian skier Federica Brignone's first aim is to walk again before she begins to even think of competing in next year's home Olympics. Brignone was discharged from the hospital only last Tuesday, five days after breaking multiple bones in her left leg and tearing her ACL in a giant slalom crash. Advertisement The injuries raised questions about 34-year-old Brignone's chances of competing at the Olympics in 10 months. The World Cup overall champion was expected to be one of Italy's stars in the Milan-Cortina Games. 'I don't know. We're not doctors and they don't know,' Brignone said on Monday, when asked about when she was expecting to be able to put on her skis again. 'Everything depends on how the physiotherapy goes … on how my body responds. But before four or five months it's impossible and that's if everything goes well. 'Step by step. First, I'm thinking about walking again, and then we'll see about the rest.' 'Useless to think negatively' Advertisement Brignone reiterated that her issues will become clearer when she has more tests 45 days after the operation. Brignone was nevertheless smiling as she spoke at a media day organized by the Italian winter sports federation, appearing via video link ahead of her first physiotherapy session. 'I'm a super positive person. What happened to me isn't nice but it happened and I can't go back in time,' she said. 'So it's useless to think negatively. I'm just trying to think positively and get through it the best way possible. 'I want to work for small aims, small steps and I'll try to give my utmost to get better as quick as possible and in the best way possible.' Advertisement Brignone also published an Instagram post on Monday of pictures of her with the overall crystal globe and ending with a photo of her injury, with a long line of stitches or staples running down her leg. Last season was the best in Brignone's career and the crash happened at the Italian championships in what was meant to be a celebratory final week of competition. Brignone, also the giant slalom winner at the world championships in February, won 10 World Cups across three different disciplines (five giant slaloms, three super-Gs and two downhills) this season. At 34, she became the oldest woman to win a World Cup race. Goggia gives Brignone hope Advertisement Her teammate, Sofia Goggia, who has had numerous injuries, got in touch with Brignone immediately after the incident. 'We spoke that very day she hurt herself,' Goggia said at the media day in Milan. 'I called the federation's doctor to ask about her and they were together at the hospital so he passed her to me. 'I then reiterated in a message that I would have wanted to be there, seeing unfortunately the experience I've had over the years.' Goggia partially tore a cruciate ligament and suffered a 'minor fracture' of a bone in her leg less than a month before the 2022 Beijing Olympics, yet she incredibly won silver in the downhill — four years after taking gold. Advertisement The 32-year-old also missed the start of last season after breaking two bones in her leg in February 2024. Goggia finished second in a downhill and won a super-G in her first two races back, in Beaver Creek in December. 'In my opinion her (Brignone's) injury is very serious, but if she manages to heal well and put on skis in December she will have plenty of time to prepare for the Olympics in the best possible way,' Goggia said. 'Fifteen, 20 days (before Beaver Creek) were enough for me and moreover I was coming off many seasons in which I was injured. She, on the other hand, has had 34 years on skis without any really serious injuries and I think she will certainly have in her head the fight once she gets back.' ___ AP skiing:
