[OLYMPICS] Eileen Gu Makes Olympic History After Winning Gold Yesterday Eileen Gu made history yesterday by becoming the first freeskier to pick up three medals at the same Winter Games when she won gold in the women’s halfpipe. Related: [VIDEO] San Francisco, CA’s Eileen Gu Wins Gold in Women’s Big Air With Double Cork 1620 Gu, 18, threw down a 93.25 on her first run before going even bigger to score 95.25 […] SnowBrains | February 18, 2022 3 Comments
[OLYMPICS] Mikaela Shiffrin “Feels Like a Joke” After 3rd Failure to Finish at Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics After a solid run in the downhill portion of the Alpine combined event at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics put her just 0.56-secs off the lead, Mikaela Shiffrin missed out on a medal again after failing to finish the slalom portion. Shiffrin, 26, skied out of the slalom after losing her balance at the tenth gate. Unable to regain it, […] Olympics SnowBrains | February 17, 2022 0 Comments
[OLYMPICS] Mikaela Shiffrin Confirms She Will Enter All 6 Disciplines at Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Mikaela Shiffrin’s original plan was to enter the five individual Alpine skiing disciplines. But after disappointing results in her first four events, she told Eurosport that she would also join Team USA in the mixed team parallel slalom competition. “I’m going to do the team event as well.” – Mikaela Shiffrin It will be the first time Shiffrin has competed […] Olympics SnowBrains | February 16, 2022 0 Comments
[OLYMPICS] Watch as Cross-Country Skier Throws Away 44-Second Advantage by Taking Wrong Turn Norway’s Jarl Magnus Riiber, four-time world champion and favorite to take gold, went into the cross-country part of the combined event with a commanding 44-sec advantage. However, a wrong turn at the end of his first lap sent him the wrong way allowing his competitors to catch up. He finished in eighth place. The 24-year-old was only released from isolation […] Olympics SnowBrains | February 16, 2022 0 Comments
[OLYMPICS] Watch Alex Hall and Nick Goepper Take Gold and Silver For Team USA in Men’s Freeski Slopestyle ALEX HALL'S GOLDEN RUN. 🥇@TeamUSA's Alex Hall captured the Olympic gold medal in men's freeski slopestyle on his very first run. #WinterOlympicspic.twitter.com/Pwvrtmk1Te — NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 16, 2022 Team USA’s Alex Hall stomped a massive first run in the first round of the men’s freeski slopestyle at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics that all but ended the competition before […] Olympics SnowBrains | February 16, 2022 0 Comments
[OLYMPICS] San Francisco, CA’s, Eileen Gu Takes Silver For China in Women’s Slopestyle Event 18-year-old Chinese freeskier Eileen Gu took silver in the women’s slopestyle event yesterday after winning the big air event earlier at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Related: [VIDEO] San Francisco, CA’s Eileen Gu Wins Gold in Women’s Big Air With Double Cork 1620 Switzerland’s Mathilde Gremaud took gold and Estonia’s Kelly Sildaru bronze. Gremaud fell on her first run, but […] Olympics SnowBrains | February 15, 2022 3 Comments
[OLYMPICS] 15-Year-Old Russian Skater Cleared to Compete Despite Positive Drug Test Russian teenage skater Kamila Valieva has been cleared to compete at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, despite testing positive for a banned substance. In a controversial decision, the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled in favor of the 15-year-old figure skater after she tested positive for a banned heart medication. Related: [OLYMPICS] Medal Ceremony Postponed as 15-Year-Old Russian Skater Caught […] Olympics SnowBrains | February 15, 2022 0 Comments
[OLYMPICS] Mikaela Shiffrin Finished 18th in Olympic Downhill Yesterday, Mikaela Shiffrin finished in 18th place in the downhill at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. It is the first time the 26-year-old has competed in the downhill event at an Olympics. Her first run in a time of 1:34.36 put her in 11th place, but she dropped to 18th by the time the event was over. Related: Mikaela Shiffrin […] Olympics SnowBrains | February 15, 2022 0 Comments