Mikaela Shiffrin came into the Olympics with a shot to win five medals. The chances of a historic Olympics came to an end when Shiffrin finished fourth in her best event, the slalom, and withdrew from the Super-G. Shiffrin explained on social media that she wouldn’t change a thing, saying […]
Czech snowboarder Ester Ledecka won the ladies’ Super-G event on Friday, beating out defending gold medalist Anna Veith of Austria by just .01 second. Ledecka is a snowboarder by trade and has only competed in Super-G for two years. She had never placed higher than 29th. Ledecka won the competition […]
A 35-year-old Norwegian etched his name into the history books on Thursday. Aksel Lund Svindal won gold in the downhill event and became the oldest Olympic alpine skiing champion of all time. At one point, Svindal accelerated to 125 km/ hour – a speed that would have resulted in a […]