Category: World Championship

Shiffrin’s Worlds: 1 Gold, 2 Silvers and ‘Every Emotion’

February 18, 2023
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MERIBEL, France—One gold. Two silvers. And three gates away from another gold medal that slipped from her grasp in a patch of soft snow. And that just was what Mikaela Shiffrin accomplished on the slopes at the world championships. Off the slopes, the American skier dealt with a protest from environmentalists who mistakenly thought she…

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Brazil’s Medina Overcomes Toledo, Shark Scare to Win 3rd World Title

September 15, 2021
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Brazil’s Gabriel Medina won his third surfing World Championship on Tuesday, beating countryman Filipe Toledo in a new, best of three final format in perfect Southern Californian surf on Tuesday. Not even the appearance of a 6 foot (1.8m) shark in the last heat could unsettle Medina, who qualified in the top spot for the…

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Petersen Makes 18 Saves, US Beats Kazakhstan 3–0 at Worlds

May 26, 2021
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RIGA, Latvia—Los Angeles Kings goaltender Cal Petersen made 18 saves and the United States beat Kazakhstan 3–0 Tuesday to improve to 2–1 at the IIHF world championship. Kings teammate Trevor Moore, defenseman Adam Clendening and forward Jack Drury scored for the United States, which set a team world championship record for shots in a period…

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