Beijing 2022 Alpine skiing wrap-up – top stories, moments and records
Alpine skiing featured 11 events at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games and Swiss athletes got the lion's share by winning almost half of them.
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Shiffrin, la cara amarga de Pekín: sin medalla e increpada
Una de las vertientes más duras del deporte. Bajo el manto del éxito, en medio de ese halo divino que envuelve a muchos deportistas de élite, se esconden personas. Seres humanos, simple y llanamente. Una obviedad que muchas veces se olvida. Incluso en los tempos presentes, en los que la salud mental tiene más repercusión que nunca. La crítica despiadada, la falsa percepción de que los atletas están constantemente en deuda con sus seguidores, la intolerancia al error. Todo sigue. En Pekín, como ya pasara en Tokio, los atletas locales han sido objeto del más duro escrutinio. Quedarse lejos de los hipotéticos objetivos, en su caso, es tachado de antipatriotismo, como ejemplo.
Winter Olympics 2022: 'Today is my favourite memory' - Mikaela Shiffrin 'not disappointed' despite missing out on medal
Mikaela Shiffrin described competing in the mixed team parallel event as the «best possible way» to end Beijing 2022 despite again missing out on a medal. Shiffrin had failed to finish in any of her preferred individual events, with a ninth place in the Super-G her best result.
Olympics Live: Britain beats Japan for women's curling gold
BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics:
Winter Olympics 2022 - Mikaela Shiffrin ends Beijing campaign without a medal as Austria secure mixed parallel gold
Mikaela Shiffrin ended Beijing 2022 without a medal as the USA were denied bronze in the mixed parallel team event. Having missed out on medal contention in her individual events at a disappointing Winter Olympics for one of the great technical skiers of all-time, Shiffrin's last hope came over the tight twists of the parallel slalom, contested at great speed over a short distance leaving no room for errors.
Alpine skiing-Austria win gold in mixed team parallel
YANQING, China : Austria won the gold medal in the Alpine skiing mixed team parallel on Sunday, beating Germany in the final.
Medals update: Top-ranked Austrians grab the gold in team parallel slalom
PyeongChang 2018 silver winners Austria (Katharina Truppe, Stefan Brennsteiner, Katharina Liensberger, Johannes Strolz) came out on top of Beijing 2022 Alpine skiing team parallel slalom event – being contested for only the second time at the Olympics.
Formula 1 made Wehrlein miss ‘the winning feeling’
Former Formula 1 driver Pascal Wehrlein said that he missed the way it felt to win when he was competing in the series.