{"id":1162875,"date":"2021-12-27T22:34:47","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T03:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1162875"},"modified":"2021-12-27T22:34:49","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T03:34:49","slug":"mikaela-shiffrin-elite-olympic-skier-tests-positive-for-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mikaela-shiffrin-elite-olympic-skier-tests-positive-for-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikaela Shiffrin, Elite Olympic Skier, Tests Positive for Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmikaela-shiffrin-elite-olympic-skier-tests-positive-for-coronavirus%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1162875&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/AP-Photo_Giovanni-Maria-Pizzato-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin is the latest elite skier to test positive for COVID-19 with the Beijing Games less than six weeks away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-55 Component-p-0-2-46\">\u201cI wanted to let you all know that I\u2019m doing well, but unfortunately I had a positive COVID test,\u201d&nbsp;<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikaelaShiffrin\/status\/1475418232446242818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the American wrote<\/a>&nbsp;on her social media accounts Monday. \u201cI\u2019m following protocol and isolating.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-55 Component-p-0-2-46\">Shiffrin said she will miss World Cup giant slalom and slalom races scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively, in Lienz, Austria, adding, \u201cI\u2019ll see you in the new year.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udc4b, I wanted to let you all know that I\u2019m doing well, but unfortunately I had a positive COVID test. I\u2019m following protocol and isolating, &amp; I will miss Lienz. Best of luck to my teammates\u2026I\u2019ll be cheering for you. Thank you all for your support. I\u2019ll see you in the new year.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YxZnwWP6f1\">pic.twitter.com\/YxZnwWP6f1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mikaela Shiffrin (@MikaelaShiffrin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikaelaShiffrin\/status\/1475418232446242818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-55 Component-p-0-2-46\">The Beijing Olympics open Feb. 4.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-55 Component-p-0-2-46\">Missing the races in Lienz is a big hit to Shiffrin\u2019s chances of regaining the overall World Cup title. She leads Italy\u2019s Sofia Goggia by 115 points in the standings but needs to maintain a high level of points in the technical disciplines of giant slalom and slalom since Goggia has been virtually unbeatable in the speed events of downhill and super-G.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-55 Component-p-0-2-46\">Shiffrin\u2019s positive test comes at a particularly bad time for her with six consecutive technical races scheduled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-55 Component-p-0-2-46\">Other top skiers who have missed races recently after testing positive for COVID-19 include former overall champion Lara Gut-Behrami, Austrian world champion Katharina Liensberger and Alice Robinson of New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-55 Component-p-0-2-46\">Maryna G\u0105sienica-Daniel, the Polish skier who finished sixth in two giant slaloms in Courchevel, France, last week, also announced a positive test on Monday. She said&nbsp;<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CX_BHFHKQP_\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on Instagram&nbsp;<\/a>that she is \u201cisolated at home,\u201d and she, too, will miss the races in Lienz. G\u0105sienica-Daniel adds that she is \u201csad\u201d but otherwise \u201cfeeling good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-55 Component-p-0-2-46\">Liensberger and Robinson, who both had to sit out Courchevel, are back on the starting list for Tuesday\u2019s race in Lienz. Gut-Behrami remains out after her positive case was announced 10 days ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-55 Component-p-0-2-46\">Also, chief race director Peter Gerdol is among two women\u2019s World Cup officials with the International Ski Federation (FIS) who tested positive after the races in Courchevel. Gerdol is being replaced by FIS race director Markus Mayr for the event in Lienz, where no spectators will be allowed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-55 Component-p-0-2-46\">Shiffrin\u2019s Olympic record includes two golds \u2014 in slalom at the 2014 Sochi Games and giant slalom at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games \u2014 plus a silver in combined in 2018.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-55 Component-p-0-2-46\">Shiffrin finished first and second in the last two races she competed in \u2014 the two giant slaloms in Courchevel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-55 Component-p-0-2-46\">The next women\u2019s World Cup race after Lienz is a slalom in Zagreb, Croatia, on Jan. 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin is the latest elite skier to test positive for COVID-19 with the Beijing Games less than six weeks away. \u201cI wanted to let you all &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1162875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1162875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1162875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1162875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1162875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}