Mikaela Shiffrin
FILE - United States' Mikaela Shiffrin speeds down the course during a women's World Cup super-G skiing race in Val D'Isere, France, Dec. 19, 2021. Shiffrin is expected to enter all five individual Alpine events and be one of the main faces of the Olympics that officially open on Feb. 4. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati, File)
Olympic star Shiffrin: Loss of father 'still pretty painful'

By Pat Graham And Howard Fendrich 8 hrs ago

FILE - Slovakia's Petra Vlhova competes during the first run of an alpine ski, World Cup women's slalom in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022. Vlhova is the reigning overall World Cup champion and won five of this season’s first six slaloms, a race Mikaela Shiffrin used to dominate. (AP Photo/Pier Marco Tacca, File)
All eyes will be on Shiffrin, unknown hill in Olympic Alpine

By Howard Fendrich Jan. 10, 2022 12:03 PM EST

Shaun White, of the United States, after his third run in the snowboarding halfpipe finals, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, during the Dew Tour at Copper Mountain, Colo. (AP Photo/Hugh Carey)
AP source: White pulled out due to lingering COVID symptoms

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United States' Mikaela Shiffrin reacts after winning a alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom, in Courchevel, France, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
Shiffrin is latest elite skier to test positive for COVID-19

By The Associated Press Dec. 27, 2021 07:14 AM EST

Italy's Sofia Goggia reacts in the finish area following her run in the the women's World Cup downhill ski race in Lake Louise, Alberta, on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP)
Olympic champion Goggia wins 6th World Cup downhill in row

Dec. 04, 2021 04:54 PM EST

United States' Mikaela Shiffrin smiles at the finish line during an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom, in Soelden, Austria, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
Shiffrin returns to rigorous training with her back on mend

By Pat Graham Nov. 12, 2021 03:39 PM EST

United States' Mikaela Shiffrin speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom, in Soelden, Austria, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
Olympic champion ski racer Shiffrin dealing with back issue

By Howard Fendrich And Pat Graham Nov. 05, 2021 06:05 PM EDT

FILE - Mikaela Shiffrin competes during the slalom portion of the women's combined race at the alpine ski World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, in this Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, file photo. Shiffrin is certain she wants to participate in every individual women's Alpine ski race at the Beijing Olympics. She already owns three Olympic medals, including two golds. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati, File)
Ski racer Shiffrin eyes 5-event Olympics after 3 last time

By Howard Fendrich Oct. 15, 2021 03:40 PM EDT

FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, Sarah Lewis, Secretary General and Gian Franco Kasper, President of the FIS, the International Ski Federation, right, visit the finish area of the Aline ski course ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Lewis has declared herself a candidate on Tuesday April 6, 2021, to become the first woman president of the International Ski Federation.(AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati, FILE)
Sochi Olympics

Apr. 06, 2021 05:34 AM EDT

FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, Sarah Lewis, Secretary General and Gian Franco Kasper, President of the FIS, the International Ski Federation, right, visit the finish area of the Aline ski course ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Lewis has declared herself a candidate on Tuesday April 6, 2021, to become the first woman president of the International Ski Federation.(AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati, FILE)
Lewis running to lead the ski federation that fired her

By Graham Dunbar Apr. 06, 2021 05:32 AM EDT

A locked gate is seen by the Etihad Stadium where Manchester City was due to play Burnley in an English Premier League soccer match Saturday March 14, 2020, after all English soccer games were cancelled due to the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus. For most people, the new COVID-19 coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, but for some it can cause more severe illness.(AP Photo/Jon Super)
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