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Lindsey Vonn ‘disappointed’ with how Mikaela Shiffrin handled

decision to race with another teammate

By ANDREW DAMPF The combined event en-
AP Sports Writer tails one racer competing
SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, in a downhill run and an-
Austria (AP) — They are the other in a slalom run, with
two best skiers in U.S. his- their two times added up
tory. Actually in women’s to determine the final re-
skiing overall. sults. Each nation can enter
So it should come as no sur- up to four pairings.
prise that having Lindsey Since Johnson won the
Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin world title in the downhill
on the same team at times and Shiffrin has two World
creates friction. Cup wins this season, they
It happened years ago were named to Team 1.
when Vonn was finishing up The No. 2 team is super-
her career and Shiffrin was G bronze medalist Lauren
still in the earlier stages of Macuga with Paula Molt-
hers. And now it’s happen- zan. Vonn and Hurt are the
ing again with Vonn having No. 3 team and the No. 4
returned to racing at the team is Jacqueline Wiles
age of 40 after nearly six with Katie Hensien.
years of retirement. Shiffrin and Vonn are the
But who knew that it would winningest female racers
be the all-new event of United States’ Lindsey Vonn, right, chats with United States’ Mikaela Shiffrin after women’s downhill in World Cup history with
team combined to bring training at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Jeongseon, South Korea, Feb. 20, 2018. 99 victories for Shiffrin and
the friction to the surface. Associated Press 82 for Vonn. Vonn is the all-
Vonn said Monday that time leader in World Cup
she was “disappointed” U.S. team’s coaching staff slalom title and race the agreed it would be great downhill victories with 43
with how Shiffrin handled decides based on “season- combined instead, pairing to race together. But then and Shiffrin holds the mark
her decision to race in the best results” in both down- with Johnson. Johnson will Vonn was told that Shiffrin in slalom with 62 both re-
combined at the skiing hill and slalom. race the downhill and Shif- wasn’t entering the com- cords among men and
world championships with But Shiffrin then announced frin the slalom. bined. Vonn only learned women.
downhill world champion that she wasn’t going to Speeds are not as high in of Shiffrin’s final decision to “I think it would be prob-
Breezy Johnson instead of race in the team com- slalom as they are in giant race it via Instagram. ably one of the coolest
pairing with her in a skiing bined because she was slalom so it’s a less danger- “Despite the lack of com- things in ski racing to have
“dream team.” behind in her training for ous event. munication I am a team 181 World Cup victories on
Vonn had campaigned giant slalom following her “I’m excited for Breezy and player and am looking for- one team,” Vonn said last
to race with Shiffrin on an crash in Killington, Vermont, Mikaela to team up togeth- ward to be partnered with week.
American team that would in November. er and I believe they are a AJ Hurt, who is an amazing While the 24-year-old Hurt
have united the two most On Monday, Shiffrin great pair. However, I am young skier,” Vonn added. has never won a World
successful skiers in World changed her plans. Saying disappointed in the way it Shiffrin’s spokeswoman de- Cup race, she has finished
Cup history. Never mind that she was struggling to was handled,” Vonn said in clined to comment on the on the podium twice with
that neither skier is techni- overcome her fears follow- a statement sent to The As- situation. two third-places once in
cally even allowed to se- ing her November crash, sociated Press. New event entails 1 racer slalom and once in giant
lect who they pair with — she decided to withdraw Vonn said she reached out competing in downhill and slalom, both last season.q
that’s something that the from defending her giant to Shiffrin and that Shiffrin another in slalom

Reds will wear No. 14 patch on jersey

sleeve to honor Pete Rose, who died

last year

CINCINNATI (AP) — Pete Rose may be on He was NL Most Valuable Player in 1973,
baseball’s permanently ineligible list, but and he won three batting titles and two
the late hit king’s No. 14 will be on Cincin- Gold Gloves.
nati Reds’ uniforms this year. A Major League Baseball investigation
Cincinnati posted a photo of the patch found he wagered on the Reds to win in
on X on Monday with the message “14 on games from 1985-87 while playing for and
our side all season” and a heart emoji. managing the team, and Rose agreed in
Rose, who died in September at the age 1989 to go on the permanently ineligible
of 83, played 19 of his 24 major league list. Baseball’s Hall of Fame in 1991 adopt-
seasons with his hometown Reds. He fin- ed a rule barring people on MLB’s perma-
ished his playing career in 1986 with a re- nently ineligible list from the Hall ballot.
Former Philadelphia Phillies player Pete Rose tips his hat to fans cord 4,256 hits. Rose’s application for reinstatement was
during an alumni day event before a baseball game between
the Philadelphia Phillies and the Washington Nationals, Aug. 7, The player known as Charlie Hustle was denied by Commissioner Rob Manfred in
2022, in Philadelphia. a 17-time All-Star and member of three 2015.q
Associated Press World Series championship teams.