17 year old American Mikaela Shiffrin wins her first World Cup Slalom

FIS ^ | 20 Dec. 2012 | WellyP

[WellyP]

Mikaela gets her first World Cup win in Are, Sweden

This kid is wonderful. Do you know that after her Noram win in Aspen she was up with the other kids rolling b-net! That's special!

[frogjerk]

rolling b-net!

Please explain this term.

[WellyP]

1 10 6535237 SHIFFRIN Mikaela 1995 USA 54.03 51.33 1:45.36
2 11 505679 HANSDOTTER Frida 1985 SWE 53.88 51.77 1:45.65
3 4 565243 MAZE Tina 1983 SLO 54.17 51.71 1:45.88
4 12 505760 PIETILAE-HOLMNER Maria 1986 SWE 54.12 52.45 1:46.57
5 18 106961 MIELZYNSKI Erin 1990 CAN 54.35 52.36 1:46.71
6 32 506350 EKLUND Nathalie 1992 SWE 54.99 51.76 1:46.75
7 7 705287 VELEZ ZUZULOVA Veronika 1984 SVK 55.10 51.80 1:46.90
8 6 185140 POUTIAINEN Tanja 1980 FIN 54.44 52.68 1:47.12
9 5 55759 KIRCHGASSER Michaela 1985 AUT 55.09 52.10 1:47.19
10 24 516280 HOLDENER Wendy 1993 SUI 55.58 51.70 1:47.28
11 3 206001 HOEFL-RIESCH Maria 1984 GER 54.61 53.14 1:47.75
12 20 296509 CURTONI Irene 1985 ITA 55.61 52.19 1:47.80
13 19 506146 SWENN-LARSSON Anna 1991 SWE 55.19 52.66 1:47.85
14 22 155415 ZAHROBSKA Sarka 1985 CZE 55.36 52.77 1:48.13
15 34 195972 AUBERT Sandrine 1982 FRA 56.20 52.04 1:48.24
16 28 55690 HOSP Nicole 1983 AUT 56.15 52.49 1:48.64
17 13 206355 DUERR Lena 1991 GER 55.77 52.96 1:48.73
18 8 505610 BORSSEN Therese 1984 SWE 56.25 52.50 1:48.75
19 37 296354 COSTAZZA Chiara 1984 ITA 56.43 52.41 1:48.84
20 23 196726 BARTHET Anne-Sophie 1988 FRA 55.70 53.21 1:48.91
21 40 425771 LOESETH Nina 1989 NOR 56.55 52.41 1:48.96
22 33 107068 PHELAN Brittany 1991 CAN 56.60 52.47 1:49.07
23 46 196793 MARMOTTAN Anemone 1988 FRA 56.57 52.70 1:49.27
24 27 55807 DAUM Alexandra 1986 AUT 56.28 53.05 1:49.33
24 14 196806 NOENS Nastasia 1988 FRA 55.99 53.34 1:49.33
26 16 196928 WORLEY Tessa 1989 FRA 55.86 53.98 1:49.84
27 26 537772 STIEGLER Resi 1985 USA 56.46 53.50 1:49.96

[OneBob]

B-net is the orange safety netting that lines the course...

[EEGator]

Good for her. For some reason, I want pasta...

[foundedonpurpose]

b-net= big nets for the next days fishing tournament?

[PapaBear3625]

Cute as well as being a great athlete.

[WellyP]

Race courses have protective netting along the course to keep the racers IN and the crowds OUT. B-net is a 2 meter high type of netting with 30 mm plastic supports every 10 meters. It comes in sections of 10, 20 and 25 meter. It is “pulled” usually by kids that have just raced to keep the costs down. It’s not common to have World Cup athletes out there helping.

[WellyP]

Oops...Supports every 5 meters!

[LRoggy]

Looks Jewish; Shiffrin could be a Jewish name. If so she might be the first Jewish winner of a major alpine race.

[GeronL]

rolling b-net?

[WellyP]

It has to be rolled out and put together then rolled up and taken off the hill. http://www.barry.ca/ski-safety/b-net-system.htm

[Buckeye McFrog]

Looks Jewish; Shiffrin could be a Jewish name. If so she might be the first Jewish winner of a major alpine race.

Not sure why that's relevant, but if true I guess we can add a third page to the world's shortest book, Jewish Sports Heroes

Page one, Hank Greenberg. Page two, Sandy Koufax.

[GeronL]

Thanks.

I’m just glad it wasn’t a drug reference.

:p

[WellyP]

Watch this! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxDtX3O1ET0

[Ken H]

Now there’s a wholesome, apple-cheeked lass.

[Gumdrop]

Did you forget Mark Spitz, Ally Raisman, and Sasha Cohen?