Milano Cortina Olympics: 10 athletes to watch
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John Niyo of The Detroit News takes a look at 10 athletes — five from the United States, and five from the rest of the world — to watch in the Milano Cortina Olympics. United States Mikaela Shiffrin, alpine skiing Arguably the greatest alpine skier in history still has something to prove in Italy. Shiffrin became the youngest Olympic slalom gold medalist at the 2014 Sochi Games, then brought home two more Olympic medals four years later. But the eight-time world champion with over 100 career World Cup wins failed to finish any of her technical events as a pre-race favorite four years ago in Beijing. Now the 30-year-old Colorado native, who is engaged to Norwegian skier Aleksander Aamodt...