US EditionThe mental hurdle of ‘The Moment’ affects even the greats like Ilia Malinin and Mikaela Shiffrin
Malinin and Shiffrin’s Olympic errors highlight the impact of pressure, with Malinin losing a medal chance and Shiffrin finishing 15th in her worst result in 13 years, analysts said.
- At the Milan Olympics, Ilia Malinin popped his quad axel early in his free skate, tumbling from eighth, while Mikaela Shiffrin skied tentatively in the women's combined, finishing 15th.
- Under Olympic pressure, Mikaela Shiffrin, U.S. alpine skier, struggled with her giant slalom, shaped by prior trauma including a November 2024 puncture wound in Killington, Vermont.
- With 108 World Cup victories and 71 in slalom, Shiffrin arrived as a heavy favorite, while 21-year-old Malinin, a two-time world champion, had not lost in over two years.
- Shiffrin still has two more tries at these Games, but there is no quick race next week to erase mistakes, and Malinin now has four long years to respond.
- The Games' platform demands courage and vulnerability, risking legacy-altering judgments despite off-cycle records and world championships, as Malinin and Shiffrin face setbacks.
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Ilia Malinin attends pairs event, will compete at world championships
MILAN -- Ilia Malinin was in the stands for the Olympic figure skating pairs competition on Sunday, two days after his shock poor performance in the men's free skate left the runaway favorite for the event off the podium.
By Dana O’Neil, CNN. The greatest make it look so easy that we forget how difficult it is to be exceptional. Secretariat running like a machine at Belmont and Michael Phelps sweeping the gold medals in 2008; Tom Brady racking up seven Super Bowl victories and Simone Biles returning for more gold medals after overcoming her fears; Carl Lewis winning gold medals in 1984, 1988, 1992, and 1996, and Katie Ledecky outswimming Olympians as if she were …
The mental hurdle of ‘The Moment’ affects even the greats like Ilia Malinin and Mikaela Shiffrin
The great ones make it look so easy that we forget how hard it is to be exceptional, especially when the lights turn on and the pressure ramps up on the world’s biggest sporting stage.
What's the price of being an Olympic favorite?
Mikaela Shiffrin signed up for this. So did Ilia Malinin, Scotty James and all the rest. Nobody is forced to come to the Olympics. The athletes in Milan and Cortina dreamed about these two weeks long before the flames were lit in northern Italy. They have poured their lives into the pursuit of this moment. This chance. For some — for most really — merely getting here is the goal. It is enough. More than enough. For others who arrived here as the…
Rockstar athletes like Ilia Malinin often get 'the yips' at the Olympics. It can make them stronger - TPR: The Public's Radio
Ilia Malinin's painful falls at the Milan Cortina Games follow in a long tradition of great U.S. athletes who get the "yips" or the "twisties" during the Olympics. The post Rockstar athletes like Ilia Malinin often get ‘the yips’ at the Olympics. It can make them stronger appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio.
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