Mikaela Shiffrin wins Olympic slalom title 12 years after first gold medal
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Mikaela Shiffrin’s Olympic dry spell is over. On Wednesday morning in Cortina, the 9-time slalom crystal globe winner parlayed a 0.82-second first-run lead into her third-career gold medal — and first since the 2018 Games. The 108-time World Cup winner infamously went 0-for-6 at the Beijing Olympics, dropped from first to fourth in the team combined last week and placed 11th in the giant slalom on Sunday. But three days later, the Edwards skier showed the world why she is considered the greatest alpine skier of all time. Shiffrin, who had gone without a medal in her last 11 Olympic races, cried tears of joy at the...