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Alpine Skiing: Switzerland Wins the Team Event
The Swiss team, consisting of Denise Feierabend, Wendy Holdener, Luca Aerni, Daniel Yule and Ramon Zenhausern, won gold in alpine skiing team event.Yule liked the team format of the event: “It’s just amazing and I think, to do it in a team event, for us skiers who usually are always doing an individual sport to […]
Continue readingAlpine Skiing: Michelle Gisin Is an Olympic Champion in Women’s Combined
Michelle Gisin, an alpine skier from Switzerland, claimed gold in women’s combined. She finished with the total time of 2 minutes 20.90 seconds. It’s the first Olympic medal for Michelle, who is a silver medalist of 2017 World Championships in alpine skiing.The skier shared her emotions: “It’s amazing to be on the podium with two […]
Continue readingAlpine Skiing: Frida Hansdotter Got Her First Olympic Medal in Slalom
Swedish alpine skier, Frida Hansdotter, won her first Olympic gold by finishing first in women’s slalom. After 2 runs, her total time was 1:38.63. This victory made Hansdotter the second Swedish woman to win the Olympic slalom after Anja Parson in 2006. Moreover, being 32 years and 65 days old, she became the second oldest […]
Continue readingAlpine Skiing: Mikaela Shiffrin Gains Her Second Olympic Gold by Winning Giant Slalom
Mikaela Shiffrin, who was a gold medalist of 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi in slalom, gained one more Olympic gold medal in giant slalom. She finished the race with the time of 2:20.02 after 2 runs. After the first run, she was on the second place, but improved her position in the second run. In […]
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