Mikaela Shiffrin

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Mikaela Shiffrin exits without individual medal as Michelle Gisin triumphs

It was Switzerland's fifth gold in alpine skiing at the Beijing Games and just the second time anyone had retained their title after Austrian Matthias Mayer did so in the men's super-G.

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: American broadcaster defends Mikaela Shiffrin coverage, suggests sexism by critics

The experiences of gymnast Simone Biles and tennis player Naomi Osaka last summer were fresh in the mind of NBC's critics, and the online blowback was fierce.

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Mikaela Shiffrin left 'low' but Lindsey Jacobelli finally wins first gold for US

US ski star Shiffrin's Olympics threatened to turn into a winter nightmare but there was long-awaited redemption for snowboarder Jacobellis as she won Team USA's first gold on Wednesday

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Deja vu as US ski star Mikaela Shiffrin slides out of slalom

The 26-year-old American skidded out of control about five seconds into the opening run of the slalom Wednesday and was out of the event, just like that.

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Mikaela Shiffrin slides out as Russian teen Kamila Valieva scripts history

Kamila Valieva, a 15-year-old Russian, created figure skating history by becoming the first woman to land a quadruple jump in the Olympic competition -- and not content with doing it once she did it again

IOC chief Thomas Bach pleads for no boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics, 'athletes would suffer'

Bach batted off talk of a potential boycott, claiming the International Olympic Committee's political neutrality and saying it was up to governments to live up to their responsibilities.

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Ski star Mikaela Shiffrin says ‘tough’ choosing between job and morals

The build-up to next February's Winter Olympics has been overshadowed by concerns over the fate of China's Uighur minority in the Xinjiang region

Laureus World Sports Awards 2020: Tiger Woods, Eliud Kipchoge in fray for men's award; Simone Biles, Megan Rapinoe headline women's contenders

Tiger Woods, champion marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge and Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton are the top contenders to grab the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award

From Naomi Osaka's US Open win to Ada Hegerberg's historic Ballon d'Or, a look at women's accomplishments in sport from 2018

A look back at the accomplishments of women around the world in the realm of sport over the course of 2018.

Winter Olympics 2018: Michelle Gisin pips Mikaela Shiffrin to gold in alpine combined as Lindsey Vonn fails to finish in slalom

Shiffrin, who won the giant slalom gold but could only finish fourth in her favoured slalom, finished second while Wendy Holdener took bronze.