Alpine skiing-Women's GS sparks 'junior slope' jibe but Shiffrin praises piste's safety
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Alpine skiing-Medals are also good for sharing, Norwegian and Swedish rivals agree
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 15 : Sweden and Norway are old and great rivals on snow and ice but, as Sara Hector and Thea Louise Stjernesund showed at the Milano Cortina Olympics on Sunday, sometimes the best things in life are shared.
Federica Brignone wins Olympic giant slalom; Mikaela Shiffrin 11th - ESPN
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — Italian skier Federica Brignone captured her second gold medal in four days at her home Winter Olympics by winning the women's giant slalom on Sunday, as Mikaela Shiffrin finished off the podium again.
Federica Brignone wins 2nd gold at Olympics, star Mikaela Shiffrin 11th in giant slalom
Italian skier Federica Brignone captured her second gold medal in four days at her home Winter Olympics by winning the women's giant slalom on Sunday, as Mikaela Shiffrin finished off the podium again.
Alpine skiing-Brignone completes golden double on home snow
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 15 : Italy's Federica Brignone completed a spectacular golden double on home snow at the Winter Olympics on Sunday, adding the giant slalom title to the super-G won last Thursday.
Alpine skiing-Brignone blows away rivals in giant slalom first leg
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 15 : Italy's Federica Brignone made it seem easy as she blew away rivals and looked set for her second Alpine skiing gold medal of the Milano Cortina Olympics after a storming first giant slalom run on Sunday.
Vonn leaves Italian hospital, heading to Treviso airport, sources say
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 15 : U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn was discharged on Sunday from the Italian hospital where she was admitted a week ago after the horrific crash that ended her Olympic comeback, two sources close to the matter said.
Alpine skiing-Brignone's giant slalom approach: Keep calm and carry on
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 14 : After winning a shock Olympic super-G gold, Italy's Federica Brignone says her approach to Sunday's giant slalom will be to keep calm and carry on.