Swiss 'Golden Era' and Shiffrin's Redemption Highlight Olympic Ski Drama
The Olympic slopes saw a 'golden era' for Swiss skiers, including Franjo von Allmen's historic three gold medals, and Mikaela Shiffrin's redemption, creating significant drama from Bormio to Cortina.
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Swiss 'Golden Era' on Olympic slopes, redemption for Shiffrin highlight drama from Bormio to Cortina
It started with a fresh face from Switzerland named Franjo von Allmen bursting on the Olympic scene by grabbing the first of an historic three gold medals in ski racing. It ended with a familiar face in Mikaela Shiffrin finding redemption by recapturing her slalom form. In between, a frightful downhill crash by Lindsey Vonn, an Italian renaissance with five medals (including two golds from 35-year-old Federica Brignone), a samba dance from Lucas Pinheiro Braathen as Brazil won its first Winter Games medal, an Olympic meltdown that included a trip into the woods to find anything but solitude and even a marriage proposal.
By PAT GRAHAM and ANDREW DAMPF
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Mikaela Shiffrin Skis to Olympic Redemption With Slalom Gold The Wall Street Journal
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