<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - mikaela-shiffrin</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/mikaela-shiffrin</link><description>Newsvine - mikaela-shiffrin</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:58:15 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 01:48:37 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Tina Maze ends WCup season with giant slalom win</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tina Maze got the anger out of her system Sunday, one day after her heartbreaking World Cup slalom title defeat to American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Graham Dunbar]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Graham Dunbar]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/17/17346901-tina-maze-ends-wcup-season-with-giant-slalom-win</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/17/17346901-tina-maze-ends-wcup-season-with-giant-slalom-win</guid><category>sports</category><category>world-cup</category><category>women</category><category>wcup</category><category>ski</category><category>tina-maze</category><category>giant-slalom</category><category>slalom</category><category>mikaela-shiffrin</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:57:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a7d45459-c6bb-4a98-9b7d-2e6763bc35cc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a7d45459-c6bb-4a98-9b7d-2e6763bc35cc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Tina Maze of Slovenia speeds down the slope during the 1st run of the women's World Cup Giant Slalom at the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup finals, in  Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Sunday, March 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone/Peter Schneider)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cf2a870a-d2d9-4f29-9ee8-473480f04219.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cf2a870a-d2d9-4f29-9ee8-473480f04219.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Tina Maze from Slovenia speeds down the course during the women's  giant slalom for the finals of the Alpine skiing World Cup in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Sunday,March.17,2013.(AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=86216647-ee0f-4914-a039-4182c1f03845.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=86216647-ee0f-4914-a039-4182c1f03845.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany reacts afters she bowed out during the 1st run of the women's World Cup Giant Slalom at the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup finals, in Parpan - Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Sunday, March 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone/Peter Schneider)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4f327356-8551-4d3a-a217-300e039696eb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4f327356-8551-4d3a-a217-300e039696eb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Slovenia's Tina Maze poses with the alpine ski World cup overall trophy in Lenzerheide Switzerland, Sunday 17, March  2013. (AP photo/Alessandro Trovati)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cf699bc0-c302-458b-9e36-9ed7ac3dccb8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cf699bc0-c302-458b-9e36-9ed7ac3dccb8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Switzerland's Lara Gut, left, touches the globe trophy of Slovenia's Tina Maze after the women's alpine skiing giant slalom at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Sunday, March 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Armando Trovati)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6bc8b779-27f2-4b04-bb5a-9bfe83a48945.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6bc8b779-27f2-4b04-bb5a-9bfe83a48945.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Tina Maze of Slovenia lifts the crystal globe as the winner of the overall Giant Slalom ladies World Cup at the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup finals, in Parpan - Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Sunday, March 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone/Peter Schneider)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b57faea8-062c-47ea-a239-c808c7fab70d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="227" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b57faea8-062c-47ea-a239-c808c7fab70d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Slovenia's Tina Maze , center, winner of the alpine ski womens's World Cup giant slalom, celebrates with second placed France's Tessa Worley, left, and Switzerland's Lara Gut, third, in Lenzerheide, Switzerland , Sunday, March 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Tina Maze ends WCup season with giant slalom win</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tina Maze rebounded from her heartbreaking World Cup slalom title defeat to Mikaela Shiffrin by ending her historic season with a giant slalom victory on Sunday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/16/17346115-tina-maze-ends-wcup-season-with-giant-slalom-win</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/16/17346115-tina-maze-ends-wcup-season-with-giant-slalom-win</guid><category>sports</category><category>world-cup</category><category>women</category><category>ski</category><category>tina-maze</category><category>mikaela-shiffrin</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 00:27:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a7d45459-c6bb-4a98-9b7d-2e6763bc35cc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a7d45459-c6bb-4a98-9b7d-2e6763bc35cc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Tina Maze of Slovenia speeds down the slope during the 1st run of the women's World Cup Giant Slalom at the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup finals, in  Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Sunday, March 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone/Peter Schneider)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cf2a870a-d2d9-4f29-9ee8-473480f04219.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cf2a870a-d2d9-4f29-9ee8-473480f04219.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Tina Maze from Slovenia speeds down the course during the women's  giant slalom for the finals of the Alpine skiing World Cup in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Sunday,March.17,2013.(AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=86216647-ee0f-4914-a039-4182c1f03845.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=86216647-ee0f-4914-a039-4182c1f03845.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany reacts afters she bowed out during the 1st run of the women's World Cup Giant Slalom at the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup finals, in Parpan - Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Sunday, March 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone/Peter Schneider)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Maze leads Shiffrin in World Cup slalom race</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tina Maze took a big lead over Mikaela Shiffrin in the first run of their showdown for the World Cup slalom title on Saturday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Graham Dunbar]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Graham Dunbar]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/16/17335811-maze-leads-shiffrin-in-world-cup-slalom-race</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/16/17335811-maze-leads-shiffrin-in-world-cup-slalom-race</guid><category>sports</category><category>world-cup</category><category>women</category><category>wcup</category><category>ski</category><category>tina-maze</category><category>slalom</category><category>mikaela-shiffrin</category><pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 09:18:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Shiffrin beats Maze for World Cup slalom title</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mikaela Shiffrin cried and left Tina Maze in tears. A thrilling climax to the World Cup slalom season delivered all its promised drama Saturday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Graham Dunbar]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Graham Dunbar]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/10/17256435-shiffrin-beats-maze-for-world-cup-slalom-title</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/10/17256435-shiffrin-beats-maze-for-world-cup-slalom-title</guid><category>sports</category><category>world-cup</category><category>women</category><category>ski</category><category>united-states</category><category>tina-maze</category><category>women-world-cup</category><category>lindsey-vonn</category><category>mikaela-shiffrin</category><category>injured-lindsey-vonn</category><pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 10:56:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e8fdba42-5f3d-4c77-9868-9fdc96b528f8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="246" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e8fdba42-5f3d-4c77-9868-9fdc96b528f8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Tina Maze of Slovenia celebrates in the finish area after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Ofterschwang , Germany, Sunday, March 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0a025ad4-a738-47bc-93f5-695373ab7454.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="378" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0a025ad4-a738-47bc-93f5-695373ab7454.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="163" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Tina Maze of Slovenia celebrates in the finish area after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Ofterschwang , Germany, Sunday, March 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f09d5888-7fcc-4ebe-a860-28edd7c2d563.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="237" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f09d5888-7fcc-4ebe-a860-28edd7c2d563.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;From left, Wendy Holdener, of Switzerland, second placed, Tina Maze, of Slovenia, the winner and Mikaela Shiffrin, of United States, third placed celebrate on podium after an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Ofterschwang , Germany, Sunday, March 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=671b68dc-89b1-4ed6-8f49-5088ae6f882a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="317" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=671b68dc-89b1-4ed6-8f49-5088ae6f882a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013 file photo, Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, celebrates at the finish area after winning an Alpine Ski World Cup women's downhill, in Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy. Lindsey Vonn has won her sixth straight World Cup downhill title after thick fog forced the scheduled final race to be cancelled on Wednesday March 13, 2013. Five weeks after her season was ended by a serious knee injury, Vonn has retained her title by a single point from Tina Maze of Slovenia. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cc92b2c1-c87b-4ba0-8010-fe8c6b49ab7f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cc92b2c1-c87b-4ba0-8010-fe8c6b49ab7f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Spectators wait in a dense fog in the finish area for the start of the men's downhill race of the Alpine skiing World Cup finals, in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. The downhill race had to be postponed because of the fog. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a839dfd2-e988-401e-9ba9-62369cbd006a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a839dfd2-e988-401e-9ba9-62369cbd006a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Tina Maze of Slovenia reacts after her run at the women's downhill training for the finals of the Alpine skiing World Cup in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6b184800-a5e2-4abe-ba05-ad94b549f068.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="276" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6b184800-a5e2-4abe-ba05-ad94b549f068.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 file photo, United States Lindsey Vonn is airlifted after crashing during the women's super-G course, at the Alpine skiing world championships in Schladming, Austria. Lindsey Vonn has won her sixth straight World Cup downhill title after thick fog forced the scheduled final race to be cancelled on Wednesday March 13, 2013. Five weeks after her season was ended by a serious knee injury, Vonn has retained her title by a single point from Tina Maze of Slovenia. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ef0c9462-9913-4257-b468-94c414b2c169.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="299" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ef0c9462-9913-4257-b468-94c414b2c169.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Friday, March 18, 2011 photo Lindsey Vonn of U.S. leaves the finish area after completing the first run of an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. Lindsey Vonn says she feels &quot;devastated&quot; losing her World Cup overall title without being able to run the final race because of poor snow conditions. Lindsey Vonn has won her sixth straight World Cup downhill title after thick fog forced the scheduled final race to be cancelled on Wednesday March 13, 2013. Five weeks after her season was ended by a serious knee injury, Vonn has retained her title by a single point from Tina Maze of Slovenia. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=48eb21ad-c5d3-4991-a7ad-c0129de999ad.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="366" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=48eb21ad-c5d3-4991-a7ad-c0129de999ad.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="168" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mikaela Shiffrin from the United States kisses the women's slalom overall standing trophy during Alpine Ski World Cup final in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Saturday, March 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Armando Trovati)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=072864dc-d643-499d-a1c2-1b2fe5054cbe.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="383" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=072864dc-d643-499d-a1c2-1b2fe5054cbe.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mikaela Shiffrin of the US cheers in the finish area during the women's World Cup slalom at the Alpine Ski World Cup finals in Parpan - Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Saturday, March 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0ff4c7d6-1cf5-4bc8-ba5f-c39de22f7e05.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0ff4c7d6-1cf5-4bc8-ba5f-c39de22f7e05.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Tina Maze of Slovenia skies down the slope during the women's World Cup slalom at the Alpine Ski World Cup finals in Parpan - Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Saturday, March 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone, Peter Schneider)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=deea28a5-513e-41c6-b035-d39988cdde58.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="347" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=deea28a5-513e-41c6-b035-d39988cdde58.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="177" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mikaela Shiffrin of the US kisses the crystal globe as the winner of the overall women's slalom  World Cup at the Alpine Ski World Cup finals in Parpan - Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Saturday, March 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=549265a5-41ff-4083-9976-df1b8172dd62.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="495" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=549265a5-41ff-4083-9976-df1b8172dd62.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="148" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mikaela Shiffrin from the United States shows of the women's slalom overall standing crystal globe during the Alpine Ski World Cup final in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Saturday, March 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0168d548-c83c-498c-8f55-230f72ba3688.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0168d548-c83c-498c-8f55-230f72ba3688.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mikaela Shiffrin of USA skies down the slope during the women's World Cup slalom at the Alpine Ski World Cup finals in Parpan - Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Saturday, March 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone, Peter Schneider)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2c066254-b13a-4c3d-a4ae-540d0ba62744.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="233" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2c066254-b13a-4c3d-a4ae-540d0ba62744.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="70" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Winner Mikaela Shiffrin from the US is flanked by second placed Bernadette Schild, left, of Austria and Slovenia's Tina Maze, who placed third, after the women's slalom at the Alpine ski World cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Saturday, March 16,  2013. (Ap photo/Alessandro Trovati)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c32d41fe-7be2-42bd-b5e8-055505107a13.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c32d41fe-7be2-42bd-b5e8-055505107a13.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mikaela Shiffrin of US reacts  in the finish area during the women's World Cup slalom at the Alpine Ski World Cup finals in Parpan - Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Saturday, March 16, 2013. \(KEYSTONE/\ Laurent Gillieron)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=19901b41-5dcf-4e08-a338-91e546bec0d0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="361" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=19901b41-5dcf-4e08-a338-91e546bec0d0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="170" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mikaela Shiffrin from the United States shows of the women's slalom overall standing crystal globe during the Alpine Ski World Cup final in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Saturday, March 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1814ac80-dba1-4a41-bc45-401d954a53ef.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1814ac80-dba1-4a41-bc45-401d954a53ef.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Slovenia's Tina Maze cries after the women's slalom at the  alpine skiing World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Saturday,  March 16,  2013. (AP Photo/Armando Trovati)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=50958688-dbad-4f02-8ae4-6131ae4296fb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="314" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=50958688-dbad-4f02-8ae4-6131ae4296fb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mikaela Shiffrin from United States is congratulated by Slovenia's Tina Maze, right, after the women's alpine skiing slalom at the World Cup final in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Saturday, March 16,  2013. (AP Photo/Armando Trovati)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>World champ at 17: US teen Shiffrin rushes to gold</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mikaela Shiffrin might as well be dancing or flying.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Dampf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Andrew Dampf]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/16/16984947-world-champ-at-17-us-teen-shiffrin-rushes-to-gold</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/16/16984947-world-champ-at-17-us-teen-shiffrin-rushes-to-gold</guid><category>sports</category><category>women</category><category>ski</category><category>worlds</category><category>slalom</category><category>women-slalom</category><category>mikaela-shiffrin</category><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 14:25:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=940ee9eb-ed95-4d3f-86ab-6e2dec13d859.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=940ee9eb-ed95-4d3f-86ab-6e2dec13d859.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;United States' Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates after the second run of the women's slalom at the Alpine skiing world championships in Schladming, Austria, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013. Shiffrin won the gold medal. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c0fbbd38-f6f7-41f8-b4da-bebfc7d00a37.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="249" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c0fbbd38-f6f7-41f8-b4da-bebfc7d00a37.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sweden's Frida Hansdotter reacts after the first run of the women's slalom at the Alpine skiing world championships in Schladming, Austria, Saturday, Feb.16,2013. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=138b7280-16d0-4c67-987b-013abf7a7e64.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="238" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=138b7280-16d0-4c67-987b-013abf7a7e64.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Slovenia's Tina Maze clears a gate during the first run of the women's slalom, at the Alpine skiing world championships in Schladming, Austria, Saturday, Feb.16, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d1639c51-af90-4560-a785-c67ead8fee9d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="257" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d1639c51-af90-4560-a785-c67ead8fee9d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;United States' Mikaela Shiffrin looks at the scoreboard after the first run of the women's slalom at the Alpine skiing world championships in Schladming, Austria, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=73d89d9e-70bd-4804-b73f-2b9367d49527.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="245" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=73d89d9e-70bd-4804-b73f-2b9367d49527.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Germany's Maria Hoefl-Riesch clears a gate during the first run of the women's slalom, at the Alpine skiing world championships in Schladming, Austria, Saturday, Feb.16, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b0cbf0f8-6ab9-4a77-ad0e-2a530893315a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b0cbf0f8-6ab9-4a77-ad0e-2a530893315a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;United States' Mikaela Shiffrin clears a gate during the first run of the women's slalom, at the Alpine skiing world championships in Schladming, Austria, Saturday, Feb.16, 2013.  American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin became the youngest women's slalom world champion in 39 years on Saturday. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b9c9d1b6-e20e-4dc7-b301-3def57ba36c8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b9c9d1b6-e20e-4dc7-b301-3def57ba36c8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;United States' Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates winning the gold medal after the second run of the women's slalom at the Alpine skiing world championships in Schladming, Austria, Saturday, Feb.16,2013. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fa8b9a58-4438-43e2-9791-dc9335e6db42.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="190" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fa8b9a58-4438-43e2-9791-dc9335e6db42.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="57" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;United States' Mikaela Shiffrin clears a gate during the second run of the women's slalom, at the Alpine skiing world championships in Schladming, Austria, Saturday, Feb.16, 2013.  American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin became the youngest women's slalom world champion in 39 years on Saturday. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=03718a8c-dd36-4e0e-8dd8-5c67c72b0e28.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=03718a8c-dd36-4e0e-8dd8-5c67c72b0e28.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States, poses with the gold medal she won in the women's slalom, at the Alpine Skiing World Championships, in Schladming, Austria, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Vonn wins WC downhill for first victory in 5 weeks</title>
<description><![CDATA[Lindsey Vonn showed she's back in form Saturday, winning a World Cup downhill for her first victory in more than five weeks.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Dampf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Andrew Dampf]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/12/16478803-vonn-wins-wc-downhill-for-first-victory-in-5-weeks</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/12/16478803-vonn-wins-wc-downhill-for-first-victory-in-5-weeks</guid><category>sports</category><category>world-cup</category><category>women</category><category>ski</category><category>women-world-cup</category><category>lindsey-vonn</category><category>mikaela-shiffrin</category><category>american-alice-mckennis</category><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2013 13:36:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e949d153-dd11-4ea7-b75d-60561ed24f76.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e949d153-dd11-4ea7-b75d-60561ed24f76.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States speeds past a pole on her way to clock the second fastest time in the first run of an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Flachau, Austria, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=91b264ac-28a7-4ce5-af04-2019c563c6a0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="371" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=91b264ac-28a7-4ce5-af04-2019c563c6a0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="166" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States, speeds past a pole on her way to clock the second fastest time in the first run of an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Flachau, Austria, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8343ee00-d18d-4814-994f-b4f1faaa54e6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="247" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8343ee00-d18d-4814-994f-b4f1faaa54e6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Germany's Maria Hoefl-Riesch speeds past a pole on her way to clock the fastest time in the first run of an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Flachau, Austria, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=547cd88e-1d75-45fe-b851-b26491ff3091.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=547cd88e-1d75-45fe-b851-b26491ff3091.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Slovenia's Tina Maze speeds past a pole on her way to clock the eight fastest time in the first run of an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Flachau, Austria, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=17b903e0-8ca0-4014-bf5c-1bcecfeadad7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=17b903e0-8ca0-4014-bf5c-1bcecfeadad7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, speeds down the course on her way to take third place in an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4670c0af-56e4-4d96-9a25-2536eb966afc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="175" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4670c0af-56e4-4d96-9a25-2536eb966afc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="53" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, speeds down the course on her way to take third place in an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f0b2bf49-c650-4c24-ac1f-ee6a95c0db48.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f0b2bf49-c650-4c24-ac1f-ee6a95c0db48.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, celebrates at the finish area after winning an Alpine Ski World Cup women's downhill, in Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, Saturday, Jan.19, 2013. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=faef3454-fcee-4aa8-9689-a63b259600c8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="502" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=faef3454-fcee-4aa8-9689-a63b259600c8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="151" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, celebrates at the finish area after winning an Alpine Ski World Cup women's downhill, in Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, Saturday, Jan.19, 2013. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e313f2da-ae02-47a7-b50b-10ae691dd615.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e313f2da-ae02-47a7-b50b-10ae691dd615.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, celebrates at the finish area after winning an Alpine Ski World Cup women's downhill, in Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, Saturday, Jan.19, 2013. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>US teen Mikaela Shiffrin earns 1st World Cup win</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mikaela Shiffrin showed that the American ski team can live without Lindsey Vonn, at least for a little while.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Oliver Grassman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Oliver Grassman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/14/15907228-us-teen-mikaela-shiffrin-earns-1st-world-cup-win</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/14/15907228-us-teen-mikaela-shiffrin-earns-1st-world-cup-win</guid><category>sports</category><category>world-cup</category><category>women</category><category>ski</category><category>women-world-cup</category><category>lindsey-vonn</category><category>lara-gut</category><category>mikaela-shiffrin</category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:59:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4c2a2ea0-a89a-4be6-8778-f3ec21903ddc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="325" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4c2a2ea0-a89a-4be6-8778-f3ec21903ddc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Switzerland's Lara Gut celebrates at the finish line after winning a women's Alpine Ski World Cup downhill race, in Val d'Isere, France, Friday, Dec.14, 2012. (AP Photo/Pier Marco Tacca)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9c981d62-9681-401a-974f-e1c1ecda6d4e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9c981d62-9681-401a-974f-e1c1ecda6d4e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Switzerland's Lara Gut, winner of a women's Alpine Ski World Cup downhill race, center, celebrates on the podium with second-placed Leanne Smith, of the United States, left, and third-placed compatriot Nadja Kamer, in Val d'Isere, France, Friday, Dec.14, 2012. (AP Photo/Pier Marco Tacca)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=27439543-35ba-44ff-952c-d4d8e62b2034.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="397" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=27439543-35ba-44ff-952c-d4d8e62b2034.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="155" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Switzerland's Lara Gut celebrates on the podium after winning a women's Alpine Ski World Cup downhill race, in Val d'Isere, France, Friday, Dec.14, 2012. (AP Photo/Pier Marco Tacca)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d14f9ffa-814f-4c6f-8194-0d6dd18e40d6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d14f9ffa-814f-4c6f-8194-0d6dd18e40d6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, is seen at the finish area after failing to complete a women's Alpine Ski World Cup downhill race, in Val d'Isere, France, Friday, Dec.14, 2012. (AP Photo/Pier Marco Tacca)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=37972cce-a97f-4ce1-bb45-0eafca17658b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="489" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=37972cce-a97f-4ce1-bb45-0eafca17658b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="147" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, is seen at the finish area after failing to complete a women's Alpine Ski World Cup downhill race, in Val d'Isere, France, Friday, Dec.14, 2012. (AP Photo/Pier Marco Tacca)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0fc951e7-3c39-4e25-9505-3e0abc6f99b8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0fc951e7-3c39-4e25-9505-3e0abc6f99b8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, is seen at the finish area after failing to complete a women's Alpine Ski World Cup downhill race, in Val d'Isere, France, Friday, Dec.14, 2012. (AP Photo/Pier Marco Tacca)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=03a86e54-a1a1-44c8-9ad8-757e678882fe.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=03a86e54-a1a1-44c8-9ad8-757e678882fe.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Switzerland's Lara Gut speeds down the course to place first in a women's Alpine Ski World Cup downhill race, in Val d'Isere, France, Friday, Dec.14, 2012. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b213109c-1852-4f1b-b21c-d490a11c39e9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="429" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b213109c-1852-4f1b-b21c-d490a11c39e9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="129" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Switzerland's Lara Gut, winner of a women's Alpine Ski World Cup downhill race, back to camera, hugs third-placed compatriot Nadja Kamer, in Val d'Isere, France, Friday, Dec.14, 2012. (AP Photo/Pier Marco Tacca)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=21d2b9e4-61ae-4899-ac58-55ca99cd73e0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="282" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=21d2b9e4-61ae-4899-ac58-55ca99cd73e0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mikaela Shiffrin of USA competes during the first run of the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup women's slalom in Are, Sweden, on Thursday Dec. 20, 2012.  (AP Photo/Scanpix Sweden/Pontus Lundahl)   SWEDEN OUT  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fbd7293b-8527-4ff0-a497-b4f715ca4578.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="251" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fbd7293b-8527-4ff0-a497-b4f715ca4578.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States, speeds past a pole on her way to clock the second fastest time during the first run of an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Are, Sweden, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012.  (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8631001d-1968-4345-a701-9f943ef16404.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="461" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8631001d-1968-4345-a701-9f943ef16404.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="138" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States, at finish line after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Are, Sweden, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012.  (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a4f925da-b649-444f-872c-1a6266412e5a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="372" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a4f925da-b649-444f-872c-1a6266412e5a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="165" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States, smiles at finish line after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Are, Sweden, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012.  (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=813bc251-aab6-42f0-9a74-1515fd3aaa06.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="399" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=813bc251-aab6-42f0-9a74-1515fd3aaa06.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="154" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States, reacts after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Are, Sweden, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012.  (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=96d7e24e-b5f9-4f53-b101-fc727f85fca2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="349" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=96d7e24e-b5f9-4f53-b101-fc727f85fca2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="176" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States, celebrates winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Are, Sweden, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012.  (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=896d8353-a8ad-4f3b-a2cc-9521dff86216.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=896d8353-a8ad-4f3b-a2cc-9521dff86216.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mikaela Shiffrin, center, of the United States, celebrates on podium with runnerup Frida Hansdotter, left, of Sweden, and Tina Maze, of Slovenia, third placed, after an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Are, Sweden, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012.  (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=910d2224-e128-4d4a-8788-8dca01081a40.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="395" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=910d2224-e128-4d4a-8788-8dca01081a40.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="156" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States, skis on her way to win an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Are, Sweden, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012.  (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ff6df5ab-a6a8-4078-8a9b-77d081a1eea8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ff6df5ab-a6a8-4078-8a9b-77d081a1eea8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States, reacts at finish line after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Are, Sweden, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012.  (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Shiffrin under pressure after stunning ski result</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mikaela Shiffrin suddenly faces an aspect of skiing altogether new to her &#8212; handling pressure.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Willemsen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eric Willemsen]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/02/9898905-shiffrin-under-pressure-after-stunning-ski-result</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/02/9898905-shiffrin-under-pressure-after-stunning-ski-result</guid><category>sports</category><category>pressure</category><category>ski</category><category>mikaela-shiffrin</category><category>shiffrin</category><pubDate>Mon, 2 Jan 2012 20:59:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/99e7e662-0ce6-41f0-8a46-e84326edd138.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="495" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/99e7e662-0ce6-41f0-8a46-e84326edd138.jpg" width="120" height="148" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States, celebrates her third place after completing an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Lienz, Austria, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. Mikaela Shiffrin, who started No. 40, posted the fastest time in the final run to finish 1.30 back in third for her best career result. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/52c31af9-0544-4f80-819b-4f2629778010.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="361" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/52c31af9-0544-4f80-819b-4f2629778010.jpg" width="120" height="170" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States, celebrates her third place after completing an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Lienz, Austria, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. Mikaela Shiffrin, who started No. 40, posted the fastest time in the final run to finish 1.30 back in third for her best career result. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f9dab15d-26c9-4e06-bc46-fa90c4587106.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="382" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f9dab15d-26c9-4e06-bc46-fa90c4587106.jpg" width="120" height="161" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States, celebrates on the podium her third place after completing an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Lienz, Austria, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. Mikaela Shiffrin, who started No. 40, posted the fastest time in the final run to finish 1.30 back in third for her best career result. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3790e070-d1fc-4d62-8b73-8efebca1abdc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3790e070-d1fc-4d62-8b73-8efebca1abdc.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States, speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Lienz, Austria, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. Mikaela Shiffrin, who started No. 40, posted the fastest time in the final run to finish 1.30 back in third for her best career result. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>American teen, 16, earns WCup slalom podium</title>
<description><![CDATA[Teenager Mikaela Shiffrin used to watch skiers Marlies Schild and Lindsey Vonn on television when she was a kid.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Willemsen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eric Willemsen]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/28/9767144-american-teen-16-earns-wcup-slalom-podium</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/28/9767144-american-teen-16-earns-wcup-slalom-podium</guid><category>sports</category><category>world-cup</category><category>women</category><category>ski</category><category>united-states</category><category>marlies-schild</category><category>lindsey-vonn</category><category>mikaela-shiffrin</category><category>anna-fenninger</category><category>tamara-mckinney</category><category>teenager-mikaela-shiffrin</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:12:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5e3e1a36-7a5e-4bb4-a646-2bb3fe27cbdb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5e3e1a36-7a5e-4bb4-a646-2bb3fe27cbdb.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Austria's Anna Fenninger, center, winner of an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom, celebrates on the podium with second placed Federica Brignone, of Italy, left, and thrid placed France's Tessa Worley, in Lienz, Austria, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7c6a8cfe-c6cc-4fae-be04-b70779bd92be.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="312" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7c6a8cfe-c6cc-4fae-be04-b70779bd92be.jpg" width="120" height="197" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Austria's Anna Fenninger celebrates in the finish area after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom, in Lienz, Austria, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Armando Trovati)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d3bcc224-812c-4bfd-b97c-fd2b3c6d837d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="352" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d3bcc224-812c-4bfd-b97c-fd2b3c6d837d.jpg" width="120" height="175" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Austria's Anna Fenninger celebrates in the finish area after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom, in Lienz, Austria, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Armando Trovati)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1d0c79f0-a48e-4568-8586-def54bbc8b1d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1d0c79f0-a48e-4568-8586-def54bbc8b1d.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Austria's Anna Fenninger passes a gate on her way to win an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom, in Lienz, Austria, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Armando Trovati)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6fced95e-3088-49e6-af4c-bcb96feac83b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="255" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6fced95e-3088-49e6-af4c-bcb96feac83b.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Italy's Federica Brignone passes a gate during the first run of an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom, in Lienz, Austria, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c6939ccb-ed38-4a41-8927-12889c8b3981.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="262" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c6939ccb-ed38-4a41-8927-12889c8b3981.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Stefanie Koehle, of Austria, passes a gate on her way to set the second fastest time, during the first run of an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom, in Lienz, Austria, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3277ce37-95c4-4e4c-ae79-173ebc0fa14f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="287" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3277ce37-95c4-4e4c-ae79-173ebc0fa14f.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, passes a gate during the first run of an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom, in Lienz, Austria, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c174c494-22f9-41e6-95a6-60584d4522a7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c174c494-22f9-41e6-95a6-60584d4522a7.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Julia Mancuso, of the United States, passes a gate during the first run of an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom, in Lienz, Austria, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ed420960-375c-48b5-a992-40bc69f1885c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ed420960-375c-48b5-a992-40bc69f1885c.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Austria's Anna Fenninger watches the scoreboard in the finish area after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom, in Lienz, Austria, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. Fenninger won a women's World Cup giant slalom Wednesday for her first career victory. Fenninger, who won the world super-combined discipline title in February, finished with a combined time of 2 minutes, 16.08 seconds to beat Federica Brignone of Italy by 0.20. (AP Photo/Armando Trovati)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c30e1a0a-cfe2-4a73-85d4-fbddad446de9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="502" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c30e1a0a-cfe2-4a73-85d4-fbddad446de9.jpg" width="120" height="151" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Austria's Anna Fenninger celebrates in the finish area after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom, in Lienz, Austria, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. Anna Fenninger won a women's World Cup giant slalom Wednesday for her first career victory. Fenninger, who won the world super-combined discipline title in February, finished with a combined time of 2 minutes, 16.08 seconds to beat Federica Brignone of Italy by 0.20. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/28f1adfd-36ed-4542-82bd-3d24690cc688.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="251" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/28f1adfd-36ed-4542-82bd-3d24690cc688.jpg" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Marlies Schild, of Austria, speeds down the course as an Austrian flag wave in foreground, on her way to set the fastest time during the first run of an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Lienz, Austria, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Armando Trovati) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/761639d3-9051-453c-bdf4-1faa15667631.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/761639d3-9051-453c-bdf4-1faa15667631.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Marlies Schild, of Austria, slaloms past a pole on her way to set the fastest time during the first run of an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Lienz, Austria, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/26f0bb88-b975-45dd-b247-c4c798589620.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/26f0bb88-b975-45dd-b247-c4c798589620.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Marlies Schild, of Austria, slaloms past a pole on her way to set the fastest time during the first run of an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Lienz, Austria, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0b7e9223-f2b0-4d50-88ab-939f8203b6fa.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="345" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0b7e9223-f2b0-4d50-88ab-939f8203b6fa.jpg" width="120" height="178" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sarah Schleper holds her son Lasse as she skies down the course during an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Lienz, Austria, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. American skier Sarah Schleper, who competed in four Winter Olympics, says Thursday's slalom will be the last World Cup race of her career. The 32-year-old Schleper will retire after 15 years and 186 races since making her World Cup debut in her native Vail, Colorado, in 1995. (AP Photo/Armando Trovati) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a2204368-7403-42d7-9d4e-17a51ba900b8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a2204368-7403-42d7-9d4e-17a51ba900b8.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sarah Schleper, second from left, holds her son Lasse as she poses with her teammates Julia Mancuso, left, and Lindsey Vonn, in the finish area of an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Lienz, Austria, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. American skier Sarah Schleper, who competed in four Winter Olympics, says Thursday's slalom will be the last World Cup race of her career. The 32-year-old Schleper will retire after 15 years and 186 races since making her World Cup debut in her native Vail, Colorado, in 1995. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f27c5dda-d4da-4b11-9a20-72d2a1ca2161.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="391" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f27c5dda-d4da-4b11-9a20-72d2a1ca2161.jpg" width="120" height="157" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sarah Schleper, left, poses with her teammate Lindsey Vonn, in the finish area of an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Lienz, Austria, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. American skier Sarah Schleper, who competed in four Winter Olympics, says Thursday's slalom will be the last World Cup race of her career. The 32-year-old Schleper will retire after 15 years and 186 races since making her World Cup debut in her native Vail, Colorado, in 1995. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e271693a-dc5f-4b54-a34e-a9f59f8dd379.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="369" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e271693a-dc5f-4b54-a34e-a9f59f8dd379.jpg" width="120" height="167" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sarah Schleper waves during an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Lienz, Austria, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. American skier Sarah Schleper, who competed in four Winter Olympics, says Thursday's slalom will be the last World Cup race of her career. The 32-year-old Schleper will retire after 15 years and 186 races since making her World Cup debut in her native Vail, Colorado, in 1995. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/be9ac23b-669f-4bbf-9571-609bed7fc607.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/be9ac23b-669f-4bbf-9571-609bed7fc607.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lindsey Vonn, left, talks to Maria Hoefl-Riesch in the finish area of an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Lienz, Austria, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Armando Trovati) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9b00c39d-fa37-4c68-b9ac-a660cdd8fe63.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9b00c39d-fa37-4c68-b9ac-a660cdd8fe63.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, slaloms past a pole during the first run of an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Lienz, Austria, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/aae85756-de52-400f-9fd0-844e11d8fdaa.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/aae85756-de52-400f-9fd0-844e11d8fdaa.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Slovenia's Tina Maze slaloms past a pole during the first run of an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Lienz, Austria, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. Maze set the second fastest time. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/99e7e662-0ce6-41f0-8a46-e84326edd138.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="495" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/99e7e662-0ce6-41f0-8a46-e84326edd138.jpg" width="120" height="148" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States, celebrates her third place after completing an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Lienz, Austria, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. Mikaela Shiffrin, who started No. 40, posted the fastest time in the final run to finish 1.30 back in third for her best career result. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/52c31af9-0544-4f80-819b-4f2629778010.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="361" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/52c31af9-0544-4f80-819b-4f2629778010.jpg" width="120" height="170" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States, celebrates her third place after completing an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Lienz, Austria, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. Mikaela Shiffrin, who started No. 40, posted the fastest time in the final run to finish 1.30 back in third for her best career result. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5c8cd5a5-ff53-4c87-9cf6-ed472c87e361.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="221" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5c8cd5a5-ff53-4c87-9cf6-ed472c87e361.jpg" width="120" height="67" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States, celebrates on the podium her third place after completing an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Lienz, Austria, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. Mikaela Shiffrin, who started No. 40, posted the fastest time in the final run to finish 1.30 back in third for her best career result. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f9dab15d-26c9-4e06-bc46-fa90c4587106.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="382" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f9dab15d-26c9-4e06-bc46-fa90c4587106.jpg" width="120" height="161" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States, celebrates on the podium her third place after completing an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Lienz, Austria, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. Mikaela Shiffrin, who started No. 40, posted the fastest time in the final run to finish 1.30 back in third for her best career result. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a1583a13-c28a-432a-9670-9c2791ac2293.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="246" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a1583a13-c28a-432a-9670-9c2791ac2293.jpg" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Austria's Marlies Schild, center, winner of an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, celebrates on the podium with second placed Tina Maze, of Slovenia, left, and third placed Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States, in Lienz, Austria, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/211c0d3f-7100-4095-b51b-6a57fbdbb3dc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="490" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/211c0d3f-7100-4095-b51b-6a57fbdbb3dc.jpg" width="120" height="147" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Austria's Marlies Schild celebrates in the finish area after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Lienz, Austria, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. Marlies Schild continued her dominance in women's World Cup slalom skiing Thursday by comfortably winning her fourth straight race of the season. The Austrian had two flawless runs to finish in an aggregate 1 minute, 51.42 seconds and beat second-place Tina Maze of Slovenia by 0.79 seconds. (AP Photo/Armando Trovati) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Shiffrin, Granstrom win slalom titles at nationals</title>
<description><![CDATA[Youngsters Mikaela Shiffrin and Colby Granstrom turned in smooth performances in sloppy conditions Sunday to win slalom titles at the U.S. championships.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Graham]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Pat Graham]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/01/6391379-shiffrin-granstrom-win-slalom-titles-at-nationals</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/01/6391379-shiffrin-granstrom-win-slalom-titles-at-nationals</guid><category>us</category><category>sports</category><category>championships</category><category>ski</category><category>julia-mancuso</category><category>sarah-schleper</category><category>tommy-ford</category><category>colby-granstrom</category><category>mikaela-shiffrin</category><category>youngsters-mikaela-shiffrin</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Apr 2011 19:56:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/bfd8e42a-6683-45f8-bdb7-882d8a17d09d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="333" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bfd8e42a-6683-45f8-bdb7-882d8a17d09d.jpg" width="120" height="100" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Julia Mancuso from Squaw Valley, Calif., races down the course during the women's giant slalom racing competition at the U.S. Alpine National Skiing Championships in Winter Park, Colo. on Friday, April 1, 2011. Mancuso had the third fastest time in the first run of the competition. (AP Photo/Nathan Bilow)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/add69074-c20b-439a-b4e1-69f51b345c7f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="320" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/add69074-c20b-439a-b4e1-69f51b345c7f.jpg" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Stacey Cook from Mammoth, Calif., races down the course during the women's giant slalom racing competition at the U.S. Alpine National Skiing Championships in Winter Park, Colo. on Friday, April 1, 2011. Cook had the second fastest time in the first run of the competition. (AP Photo/Nathan Bilow)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f657d5a4-cbb2-431c-882d-c9ca19d811f5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f657d5a4-cbb2-431c-882d-c9ca19d811f5.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sarah Schleper from Vail, Colo. races down the course during the women's giant slalom racing competition at the U.S. Alpine National Skiing Championships in Winter Park, Colo. on Friday, April 1, 2011. Schleper had the fastest time in the first run of the competition. (AP Photo/Nathan Bilow)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4e3e1e99-31d9-4ac5-bf84-4b423c5d4ebd.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4e3e1e99-31d9-4ac5-bf84-4b423c5d4ebd.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sarah Schleper from Vail, Colo. races down the course during the women's giant slalom racing competition at the U.S. Alpine National Skiing Championships in Winter Park, Colo. on Friday, April 1, 2011. Schleper had the fastest time in the first run of the competition. (AP Photo/Nathan Bilow)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/bb19ed2c-53b2-45ef-9063-7507eeccaec3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bb19ed2c-53b2-45ef-9063-7507eeccaec3.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Julia Mancuso from Squaw Valley, Calif., races down the course during the women's giant slalom racing competition at the U.S. Alpine National Skiing Championships in Winter Park, Colo. on Friday, April 1, 2011. Mancuso had the third fastest time in the first run of the competition. (AP Photo/Nathan Bilow)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1d668033-0926-492a-91be-417950a18655.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1d668033-0926-492a-91be-417950a18655.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Julia Mancuso, from Squaw Valley, Calif. skis into the finish arena after placing first and in the women's giant slalom racing competition at the U.S. Alpine National Skiing Championships in Winter Park, Colo. on Friday, April 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Nathan Bilow)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/507f45d7-66f0-4236-bedf-4d594e94f51a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="311" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/507f45d7-66f0-4236-bedf-4d594e94f51a.jpg" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Julia Mancuso, from Squaw Valley, Calif. raises her arm in reaction after placing first and in the women's giant slalom racing competition at the U.S. Alpine National Skiing Championships in Winter Park, Colo. on Friday, April 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Nathan Bilow)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f12bbb5b-38e0-417b-a0f0-ec3a8aa0f859.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="284" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f12bbb5b-38e0-417b-a0f0-ec3a8aa0f859.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Holding their racing skis in the sky, Sarah Schleper, left, from Vail, Colo. places second, Julia Mancuso, center, from Squaw Valley, Calif. places first and Stacey Cook, right, from Mammoth, Calif. places third in the women's giant slalom racing competition at the U.S. Alpine National Skiing Championships in Winter Park, Colo. on Friday, April 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Nathan Bilow)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/31f0a82e-bff4-460b-a2ae-1d87976c13fa.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="320" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/31f0a82e-bff4-460b-a2ae-1d87976c13fa.jpg" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Julia Mancuso from Squaw Valley, Calif., races down the course during the Super-G race at the women's U.S. Alpine National Skiing Championships at Winter Park, Colo. on Saturday, April 2, 2011. Mancuso placed first in the event. (AP Photo/Nathan Bilow)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ff35085a-6af5-4e57-a196-d666c1107c9e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="320" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ff35085a-6af5-4e57-a196-d666c1107c9e.jpg" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Tommy Ford from Bend, Ore. ski down the course during the super-G race at the men's U.S. Alpine National Skiing Championships at Winter Park, Colo. on Saturday, April 2, 2011. Ford placed first in the one-run competition. (AP Photo/Nathan Bilow)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2ea98f17-55ab-4a2e-ad3b-94392ee81943.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="320" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2ea98f17-55ab-4a2e-ad3b-94392ee81943.jpg" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mikaela Shiffrin, from Lyme, N.H., races in the slalom course at the women's U.S. Alpine National Skiing Championships in Winter Park, Colo., on Sunday, April 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Nathan Bilow)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b9f81349-01bd-48e4-971f-3571328cee59.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="320" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b9f81349-01bd-48e4-971f-3571328cee59.jpg" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mikaela Shiffrin, from Lyme, N.H., races in the slalom course at the women's U.S. Alpine National Skiing Championships in Winter Park, Colo., on Sunday, April 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Nathan Bilow)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ae0b08d5-8fd5-4382-98ee-18605e5c59c5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ae0b08d5-8fd5-4382-98ee-18605e5c59c5.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Second-place Tommy Ford, left, from Bend, Ore.; winner Colby Granstrom, center, from Lake Stevens, Wash.; and third-place Seppi Stiegler, from Jackson Hole, Wyo., stand near the podium after the men's slalom at the U.S. skiing championships in Winter Park, Colo. on Sunday, April 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Nathan Bilow)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/27b3d0c0-e966-4ef0-b22c-3ec63ccbbb66.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="315" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/27b3d0c0-e966-4ef0-b22c-3ec63ccbbb66.jpg" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Colby Granstrom, left, from Lake Stevens, Wash., and Tommy Ford, right, from Bend, Ore., congratulate each other after the men's slalom at the U.S. skiing championships in Winter Park, Colo., on Sunday, April 3, 2011. Granstrom won and Ford was second. (AP Photo/Nathan Bilow)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d2d96032-5bee-4f7f-a7c1-b4d0f70756ee.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="363" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d2d96032-5bee-4f7f-a7c1-b4d0f70756ee.jpg" width="120" height="169" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Colby Granstrom, from Lake Stevens, Wash., reacts in the finish arena after racing in the slalom course at the men's U.S. Alpine National Skiing Championships in Winter Park, Colo., on Sunday, April 3, 2011. Granstrom won Sunday's competition. (AP Photo/Nathan Bilow)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>