Sports Current Event

1. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/16/sports/mikaela-shiffrin-world-championships.html


2. For Mikaela Shiffrin, a Triumph That Leaves Skiing, and Her, Breathless

3. Mikaela Shiffrin, afflicted with lung infection, delivered her top performance at the world championships on February 16 and become the first Alpine skier to win the four straight slaloms at world championships.

4. Slalom- a ski race down a course with flags and marks to indicate the pathway. The super-G: super giant slalom. Worlds- world championship

5. 23 year old, the face of women’s Alpine skiing.

6. The article is a Feature article, because it focuses on Mikaela Shiffrin's condition and difficulties during the world championship event. The main focus is on Shiffrin, not just the event.

7. Names of players involved

The article uses the names of players involved in the event as obstacles that Shiffrin faces. For example, "She watched her rivals Holdener, Swenn Larsson and Petra Vlhova in the first run and thought she might not have much more to give."

The article does not add any adjectives to criticize or complement Shiffrin's rivals, but uses their names as a roadblock Shiffrin faces.

The article also uses names to compare Shiffrin's achievements. For example, "Shiffrin has seven gold medals at the worlds and the Olympics, and is up to 56 victories on the World Cup circuit — 26 behind Vonn and 30 off the career record of Ingemar Stenmark."

The article uses Vonn and Stenmark's name to address Shiffrin's perfomance in the event.