Mikaela
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saratogahalfday
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Burke's best.
My son once swam against a future Olympian. I know what they mean. She is awesome.
tom
Ran a collegiate mile race at Oneonta against dude from SU who qualified for US Olympic team. Beat me by ~1/2 lap, was just a workout run for him. He finished a few seconds over 4 minutes.
saratogahalfday
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She just won World's for the 6th time (1st slalom; 3rd Super G) this morning.
She practiced on slopes at Burke, serviced by a surface lift.
"On training afternoons she would be the first racer on Burke Mountain’s single Poma lift and the last one off it."
Ya don’t really need those dang high speed lifts to learn to ski fast under control.
"Jeff Shiffrin was raised in Dover, N.J., but often spent weekends skiing with his family at Stratton or Sugarbush in southern Vermont. At 13 he joined the race team at what was then called Great Gorge Ski Resort (now Mountain Creek) in northwestern New Jersey, and on his first day of training he was greeted by an Austrian coach whose only instruction before pushing off the top of the hill was, “Follow me.” It was a teaching tactic that Jeff would remember. He later raced on the ski team at Dartmouth and stayed active in the sport after taking up anesthesiology."
www.si.com
"On training afternoons she would be the first racer on Burke Mountain’s single Poma lift and the last one off it."
Ya don’t really need those dang high speed lifts to learn to ski fast under control.
"Jeff Shiffrin was raised in Dover, N.J., but often spent weekends skiing with his family at Stratton or Sugarbush in southern Vermont. At 13 he joined the race team at what was then called Great Gorge Ski Resort (now Mountain Creek) in northwestern New Jersey, and on his first day of training he was greeted by an Austrian coach whose only instruction before pushing off the top of the hill was, “Follow me.” It was a teaching tactic that Jeff would remember. He later raced on the ski team at Dartmouth and stayed active in the sport after taking up anesthesiology."
Young, Gifted and Oh So Fast
Already drawing comparisons with Lindsey Vonn, U.S. prodigy Mikaela Shiffrin, 18-years-old and skiing in her first Olympics, is a once-in-a-lifetime talent
www.si.com
She’s the GOAT
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Mikaela Shiffrin earns 90th World Cup win, 55th in slalom
Mikaela Shiffrin won the Killington World Cup slalom for a sixth time, a record-extending 90th career victory.
www.nbcsports.com
Peter Minde
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Say WHAT?! Jeff Shifrin is from Dover? Where I lived for 25 years?She practiced on slopes at Burke, serviced by a surface lift.
"On training afternoons she would be the first racer on Burke Mountain’s single Poma lift and the last one off it."
Ya don’t really need those dang high speed lifts to learn to ski fast under control.
"Jeff Shiffrin was raised in Dover, N.J., but often spent weekends skiing with his family at Stratton or Sugarbush in southern Vermont. At 13 he joined the race team at what was then called Great Gorge Ski Resort (now Mountain Creek) in northwestern New Jersey, and on his first day of training he was greeted by an Austrian coach whose only instruction before pushing off the top of the hill was, “Follow me.” It was a teaching tactic that Jeff would remember. He later raced on the ski team at Dartmouth and stayed active in the sport after taking up anesthesiology."
Young, Gifted and Oh So Fast
Already drawing comparisons with Lindsey Vonn, U.S. prodigy Mikaela Shiffrin, 18-years-old and skiing in her first Olympics, is a once-in-a-lifetime talent
