The perils of live microphones tripping up NBC’s Olympics

Canada defeated the Olympic Athletes from Russian Federation, as Jennifer Wakefield scored twice and Shannon Szabados stopped all 14 shots she faced.

Wendy Holdener was third with a combined time of 2:22.34 to secure a memorable gold-bronze finish for Switzerland.

Her sister Dominique Gisin won the women’s downhill in Sochi four years ago.

But Gisin, a versatile skier – although one without any World Cup wins this year – combined a third in the downhill with a fourth in the slalom, good enough for a win by almost a second. Shiffrin has won 41 races on the World Cup. The American was looking at a higher finish before Ragnhild Mowinckel of Norway turned in a surprise silver-medal performance as the 19th racer on the course.

The two medals take Switzerland’s tally to six in Alpine skiing at these Games, their most in a single Winter Games since 1988, when they won 11.

“I made a bit too big a mistake in the downhill to come back from that in the slalom, but I can be really proud of a lot of the turns I made today“, Shiffrin told reporters after her race.

Mikaela Shiffrin took home shiny gold, sparkling silver and a big old slice of humble pie from the Winter Games.

In the slalom section things quickly changed across the board.

After an extended delay for a crash by Kim Vanreusel of Belgium, the downhill concluded, and Lindsey Vonn led, 0.74 seconds ahead of her nearest competitor.

“It’s a blessing that my life has gone full circle, that I get to be here”, Muir said Thursday.

Vonn, one of the greatest downhill skiers of all time, knew she was going to need it, suggesting after that portion that “maybe I can pull out a miracle”. Shiffrin’s sixth-best time in the downhill bodes well for her. “She’s a insane girl but in a positive way”, Germany’s Viktoria Rebensburg said of Goggia.

Kristoffersen, who with Hirscher have pretty much monopolized the slalom for the last couple of years, charged out of the start on the second run but made an error after only a handful of gates and skied out.

David Wise of the United States overcame broken bindings and produced a scintillating final run to retain his ski halfpipe Olympic title on Thursday.

Vonn said she doesn’t think her surgically repaired right knee will hold up until the 2022 Games in Beijing, but Kildow cited Roger Federer, 36, when asked about Vonn’s future. “I really had no stress at all and could just chill and sleep because that was needed after that nice crash on my head”.

“I knew in my heart this day would come”, Nagasu said following landing the triple axel in the Olympics (via IceNetwork). “Today I can celebrate with Michelle”.

For instance, regardless of where in the world you may be watching you could create a two-screen experience for yourself by watching figure skating and following Dick Button on Twitter. She also edged Vonn in March to win the only World Cup downhill contested on the hill.