INTERVIEW – STEVE KASTENBAUM – Correspondent in Pyeongchang, South Korea – recapped the latest at the Olympics and previewed what is coming up
- Winter Olympics: Mikaela Shiffrin wins giant slalom for first gold in Pyeongchang (CBS Sports) — Mikaela Shiffrin, America’s next big thing in skiing, has the second Olympic gold medal of her career and her first in giant slalom. Shiffrin’s combined pair of runs in giant slalom on Thursday clocked in at 2 minutes, 20.02 seconds, usurping 34-year-old Italian Manuela Moelgg for the top of the podium. Moelgg held a 0.20-second lead on Shiffrin after the first run, when the 22-year-old crossed the finish line in 1:10.82. Shiffrin comfortably won over silver medalist Ragnhild Mowinckel of Norway by 0.39 seconds (2:20.41). Italy’s Federica Brignone took bronze with an aggregate time of 2:20.48. After a shaky second run down the mountain, Moelgg wound up finishing eighth. Shiffrin’s gold here is her first of the Winter Games in South Korea; she won gold at the 2014 Sochi Games in her signature event of slalom. Shiffrin will race in slalom and go for back-to-back golds in that event, and back-to-back golds on successive days, on Friday. Thursday’s giant slalom races in South Korea were finally held after being postponed dating back to Monday due to wind and weather concerns.
