Feb 15

★OFFICIAL ★

★P

IN O

F THE DAY★

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS EDITION // DAY 14

TODAY Gates open, 8 a.m., followed by live pre-show, Redtail Finish Stadium, Beaver Creek.

Men’s slalom, 10:15 a.m., Redtail Finish Stadium, Beaver Creek.

Medals Ceremony, 4 p.m., Redtail Finish Stadium, Beaver Creek.

Closing Ceremonies, following the Medals Ceremony, Redtail Finish Stadium, Beaver Creek.

TOWNSEND BESSENT | TOWNSEND@VAILDAILY.COM

Mikaela Shiffrin holds the American flag after winning the gold medal in the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships women’s slalom in Beaver Creek on Saturday.

86 Jackson’s Path | Cordillera Summit 5-bed | 8-bath | 8,285+/- sq.ft. | $2,895,000

Situated on a prime 5.5+/- acre lot, this exceptional residence reflects a classic style and magnificent mountain views.

COLORADO’S #1 LUXURY REAL ESTATE TEAM Kathy & Matt Iverson 970.390.8366 | 970.390.9198 theiversonteam@slifer.net www.vailskihomes.com www.arrowheadatvail.com

the top ten reasons to own at vail ’ s most exclusive address

reason

8

no.

is on page a 15

★VAIL DAILY ★

★P

IN O

F THE DAY★

‘BRINGING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER’ SUNDAY, 2 • 15 • 15 | VAILDAILY.COM | FREE

Mikaela is magnificent

Eagle-Vail’s Mikaela Shiffrin edges Sweden’s Frida Hansdotter with a late rally to repeat as champion in slalom at Worlds. A23-34 TOWN TALK

FIND YOUR FRIENDS A16

YOUR NEWS

ANSWERLAND The reporters at the Vail Daily will do their level best to find answers to questions you might have about life in our fair valley. Email your questions to NEWSROOM@ VAILDAILY.COM

Hometown favorite Mikaela Shiffrin gets low into her turn as she smashes through a gate during her first run in the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships women’s slalom race Saturday at Beaver Creek. Shiffrin took the gold medal in the slalom.

DOMINIQUE TAYLOR | SPECIAL TO THE DAILY

WEATHER

COMMENTARY

LOTTERIES

INSIDE

CASH SESSER

“Snow makes for slick surfaces upon which skiers race. But snowflakes also set traps for JACK VAN ENS, A6 racers to fall.”

Colorado lottery

CALENDAR HIGH LIFE OUR WORLD SCOREBOARD

Red Sandstone Elementary

Sunny High 38; low 19; Weather, C35

Four Seasons Resort Vail 1022 VAIL VILLAGE

5 6 15 24 31 39

Powerball 1 24 44 45 51 PB28

4-bedroom | 5-bath | 4,362+/- sq.ft. $10,700,000 Carroll Tyler | 970.479.5762 Dana Dennis Gumber | 970.479.5763

VAILPRIVATERESIDENCES.COM

Vol. XXXIV, Issue 244

B16 B1 A21 A35

The Vail Daily

| Sunday, February 15, 2015 | A3

Vonn spreads message of perseverance All-time women’s World Cup record holder meets with young fans in Vail

“What’s your favorite color?”

5-year-old Blakesley Sutter asked Vonn, the highest paid female skier the United States has ever produced.

“Green,” Vonn responded.

“That’s such a great question.”

By John LaConte

SUPERFANS

jlaconte@vaildaily.com

Vonn turned the questions around on the kids, as well, revealing the superfans in attendance. When she asked her audience if anyone knew her dog’s name, Mia Satkiewicz, of Steamboat Springs, was the only one who could provide the correct answer (Leo, but she just adopted another dog, Bear). When Vonn asked the crowd if anyone wanted to be a ski racer when they grew up, Satkiewicz’s hand shot up into the air.

When it came time to ask Vonn questions, Satkiewicz was the first to fire away.

“How old were you when you figured out that you wanted to be a ski racer?” she asked Vonn.

Vonn told Satkiewicz she knew for sure she wanted to be a ski racer when she was 8 years old,

VAIL — On Friday, Lindsey Vonn participated in what had to be the most entertaining news conference of the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships.

Put on the spot with questions such as “Who is your favorite teammate?” and “Who has been the best coach you’ve ever had?”

Vonn did her best to provide answers to a group of 50 or so children who were lucky enough to meet the superstar. For the record, Vonn’s best friend on the team is Alice McKennis and her favorite coach she ever had was Reid Phillips from Ski & Snowboard Club Vail.

In addition to stumpers such as those, there were some classics, as well.

which just happens to be Satkiewicz’s age currently.

“I met Picabo Street, who was my idol growing up, and she really inspired me to want to be an Olympian,” Vonn said.

“I met Picabo Street last weekend,” Satkiewicz responded.

‘I WANTED TO QUIT’ Without realizing it, many kids touched on a theme Vonn is trying to instill in the youth — to persevere through the tough times.

“Was there ever a time you wanted to quit skiing?” 12-yearold Ashley Rosenberg, of Chicago, asked Vonn. “How did you get re-inspired?”

“When I was 16, I crashed in 50 out of 55 races,” Vonn replied. “I wanted to quit because I wasn’t very good, I kept falling and I couldn’t figure out how to not fall. But I made a decision that I would keep going. I didn’t really make any money but my dad helped me and I hired a trainer, and I just kept working hard and the next season it turned around and I started to do better, and

I just continued to work hard.

I never really gave up, but I did question it at one point.”

Before the questions began, Vonn plugged her various programs at Vail — EpicMix Racing, where you can compete against her in a ski race, and Ski Girls Rock, where girls can take smallgroup lessons with female instructors — and her documentary, “The Climb.”

Angela Karr, 10, of Chicago, used her opportunity on the microphone to offer Vonn a compliment.

“Your documentary is great,” Karr told Vonn.

“What I’ve learned from my injuries is, even if you fall, you can always pick yourself back up,” Vonn said. “Sometimes it hurts when you fall, but you just have to get right back up and keep going.”

At the conclusion of the event, Vonn signed posters and cards for the kids. The cards show Vonn surrounded by her 16 World Cup crystal globes and holding her two Olympic medals. Inscribed on them is a quote, “When you fall, get right back up. Just keep going,

SPECIAL TO THE DAILY

Angela Karr, 10, of Chicago, poses for a picture with Lindsey Vonn.

Vonn answered questions on Friday from Karr and a group of about 50 other kids in attendance at a news conference in Vail. keep pushing it.”

Vonn’s next opportunity to keep pushing it will come at the end of the month, when she returns to World Cup action with a super-G in Bansko, Bulgaria, on Feb. 28.

326 BRETT TRAIL ROAD

Learn more.

970-477-7184 970-477-7184

1.24 Acres Located in Edwards Beautiful sunny lot with gorgeous views of the New York Mountains and Game Creek Bowl! Abuts BLM Land and is Single Family Zoned.

Offered at $499,000

Your Weekender

281 Bridge Street, Vail • (970) 476-1450

BOX-VD-ad16thvert-run021415-FA-hres.pdf

1

www.brandesscadmus.com

2/11/15

10:49 A

Fiesta’s Favorites

for the entire week!

C

M

Y

CM

MY

Weekend Breakfast Lunch & Dinner Daily Take Out & Catering

CY

Look for it

CMY

EVERYWHERE! K

– since 1989 –

New Mexican Café & Cantina

Take-N-Baken ~

~ By the Dozen or

Half a Doze

ES  BURRITOS AL M TA  S O N LE EL R CHILI uart ~ ~ By the Pint or Q  CHILI CON QUESO SALSA  GUACAMOLE Edwards Plaza between I-70 & Hwy 6 Mon-Fri: 10:30a-10p  Sat & Sun 7:30a-10p 970.926.2121  fiestas@vail.net

The Vail Daily

20 15

| Sunday, February 15, 2015 | A23

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

The lady remains a champ; Shiffrin wins Mikaela cuts it close, defends slalom title

By Chris Freud cfreud@vaildaily.com

BEAVER CREEK — The lady does have a flair for the dramatic.

Eagle-Vail’s Mikaela Shiffrin needed every bit of the last portion of the 2,099-foot women’s slalom course to pull out gold on Saturday at the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships at Beaver Creek.

Shiffrin had a 0.40-second first-run lead over Sweden’s Frida Hansdotter, but a good run by the current World Cup leader preceding Shiffrin essentially erased that margin. Shiffrin was 4-hundredths of a second behind Hansdotter at the first time interval and 3-hundredths back heading into The Abyss and the face of Redtail. Yet Shiffrin somehow found time in the final stretch, pulling away from Hansdotter by 34-hundredths with the Czech Republic’s Sarka Strachova earning bronze.

“Why did you ski slow at the start,” Eileen Shiffrin, Mikaela’s mom, joked at the post-race news conference.

“I was so worried that I was going to screw it up,” Mikaela said. “I was telling myself I wasn’t feeling pressure, that I’m going to go out and make my best turns and it’s going to be fine even if I don’t get the gold. Then I’m in the starting gate going, ‘God, I want this.’ It’s a mental battle with myself for how much to push.

Hopefully, at some point in my career, I can charge top to bottom no matter what.”

Her career to date is pretty darn good. Shiffrin, 19 and turning 20 next month, defended her world title in the slalom, having won her first Championships gold back in Schladming, Austria, in 2013. It’s also her third “major” medal with her Olympic gold in the discipline in Sochi, Russia, last year. Since World Cup statistics are independent of the Olympics and Worlds, she also has 12 World Cup wins and two World Cup slalom titles to her name.

Shiffrin appeared unemotional at the finish line with her time in green lights and a capacity crowd going bananas.

“I put a ton of energy out there, especially on that last third of the course, making sure every turn was spot on,” Shiffrin said. “I had no energy in the finish. It’s always a little awkward. I feel like all the best racers had an epic finish celebration. Ted (Ligety) throws his ski. Lindsey (Vonn) falls on the ground. (Tina) Maze puts her finger in the air. How about if I do something epic? Then I get to the finish, and I’m like, ‘Hi. I’m kind

JUSTIN Q. MCCARTY | SPECIAL TO THE DAILY

Mikaela Shiffrin charges into a gate during her first slalom run at the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships on Saturday at Beaver Creek.

Shiffrin won the race with a combined time of 1 minute, 38.48 seconds.

FIS ALPINE WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS MEDALS COUNT

Sweden’s Frida Hansdotter gets low into her turn through the top section of the women’s slalom course during her first of two runs at the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships on Saturday at Beaver Creek. Hansdotter took second place.

Gold Silver Bronze TOTAL Austria

5

3

1

9

U.S.A.

2

1

2

5

Slovenia

2

1

0

3

Switzerland 1

0

2

3

Sweden

0

1

2

3

Canada

0

2

0

2

France

0

0

2

2

Germany

0

1

0

Norway

0

1

0

Czech Rep.

0

0

1

of a dork.’ I don’t want to show that side of myself. I’m not that great at showing my emotions.

Guess I have to work on that.”

NOT A DORK Shiffrin, most assuredly, is not a dork, or everyone who roots for American ski racing would like to

be a dork like her, however that works. Despite Ligety’s win in men’s 1 giant slalom on Friday, 1 the U.S. Ski Team’s first gold medal of these Championships, Shiffrin faced a ton of pressure to produce on Saturday.

As the wait increased for the second run of the slalom, the finish stadium’s big screen showed Shiffrin at the top of the hill, looking like she was napping. In fact, she had gotten her regular daily nap earlier between runs.

1

DOMINIQUE TAYLOR SPECIAL TO THE DAILY

“Yes, in fact, I am half a bear,” Shiffrin joked. “It’s so hot today.

If it’s too cold or too hot, it effects my energy. I was saving my energy for the second run.”

Hence she lay in the snow with the appearance of cool. Yet she was feeling the pressure.

“One of my motivating factors is not to be an example like used in Choke or Mindset,” said Shiffrin, referring to psychology books she’s read. “They always use examples of athletes that choked. It’s like, maybe, they didn’t choke. It’s a goal to not be

used as an example. I’ve been lucky so far with how well all these big events are going. Pressure is what you make it. If you work hard enough, prepare hard enough, you can still perform.

Ted proved it yesterday, I proved it today. Frida proves it every single race.”

And Hansdotter put the heat on Shiffrin with what would be the fastest second run — 48.35 seconds. As uneasy as the home crowd seemed as Shiffrin fell

WOMEN’S SLALOM, A30

A24 | Sunday, February 15, 2015 | The Vail Daily

20 15

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Racing American, but also racing independently Slalom skiers take the challenges, opportunity of racing solo

By Melanie Wong mwong@vaildaily.com

BEAVER CREEK — Most American fans who left Redtail Stadium on Saturday left thinking about 19-year-old Mikaela Shiffrin’s gold medal in the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships slalom.

However, for a number of other American racers, the day was also about determination, overcoming insurmountable odds and true grit.

The group of American slalom skiers who raced Saturday was one punctuated both by young talent and seasoned veterans and included skiers who have battled everything from repeated injuries to brain surgery. If you were looking for a group of gritty racers, look no further.

Eagle-Vail’s slalom starlet Shiffrin won gold in a nail-biting final run. Other Americans included Ski & Snowboard Club Vail racer Paula Moltzan, 20, who was competing at her first World Championships and got her first top-30 finish. She came in 20th. Hailey Duke finished 28th, followed by Megan McJames in 38th. Resi Stiegler finished 35th in the first run before pulling out

with an injured knee.

While most American ski racers racing at the World Championships are members of the U.S. Ski Team, a handful are not. These racers usually raise their own money, hire their own coaches, construct their own training program and compete all over the world independently. Meet the mavericks of the slalom world.

DUKING IT OUT Duke, 29, from Sun Valley, Idaho, had several occasions to celebrate during this World Championships. The slalom specialist was disappointed with her first run, but she cracked the top 30 with her second. She said she was thrilled to compete at the Championships (a major goal of hers), plus Feb. 5 marked two years of being tumor free and healthy.

Duke’s career was temporarily derailed in 2013 when doctors found she had a large tumor on her pituitary gland. She opted to undergo brain surgery, and after a successful operation and recovery, she returned to training.

In her early 20s, Duke raced for five years with the U.S. Ski Team and saw some success on the world elite level, including an appearance at the Vancouver, British Columbia, Olympics in 2010. For the past three years, she has been racing and training independently with the help of coach Erika Hogan. This season marked her first as a regular competitor on the

JUSTIN Q. MCCARTY | SPECIAL TO THE DAILY

Resi Stiegler, of the United States, holds a sharp turn during her first slalom run at the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships on Saturday at Beaver Creek. Stiegler had four different injuries from 2007-11 and hurt her knee last month in training, but she still competed at the World Championships.

World Cup circuit.

“I’m 100 percent on my own. I have to go out and fundraise every dollar, which is roughly $100,000 to $150,000,” she said. “I still fundraise all the way throughout the season, which is really hard.

It’s one of the hardest things to stand there at a grocery story and ask people if they want to support your dream or not. The more ‘nos’

I hear, the tougher I get. But I also hear another ‘yes’ with every two ‘nos.’”

That means planning her own travel and even tuning her own skis.

“I’m down there with all the technicians, the only girl down there with a mask on,” she said.

“It’s rewarding in and of itself, but absolutely tiring.”

COMEBACK QUEEN Resi Stiegler, 29, grew up in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in a ski racing family and showed great potential as a teenager on the U.S. Ski Team.

However, injuries began to stack up, and from 2007 to 2011, she had four different injuries and

SOLO AMERICANS, A32

Off to home snow at Maribor for Slovenian Tina Maze World Cup leader walks away from Worlds with three medals and no more gas in the tank

By Shauna Farnell Special to the Daily

BEAVER CREEK — Tina Maze is not someone you want to cross paths with when she’s having a bad day.

For example, after missing a medal and falling to fifth place in the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships giant slalom race on Thursday, she was all frowns.

More like death stares, actually.

When asked afterward about how her energy was holding up, she replied “disaster!” before storming off.

She was less hostile after finishing eighth in Saturday’s slalom race, but, by then, she was also completely exhausted, the only racer in these Championships to finish top 10 in all five events.

When she’s having a good day, however, the Slovenian superstar is arguably the funniest, most pleasant skier in the world, doing cartwheels and laughing easily.

BIGGER THAN WORLDS? Walking away from these Champs with three medals, it’s on to the next big thing for the World Cup leader. If you can believe it, the next big thing is possibly bigger even than these World Champs for the Slovenian.

While you’d think somebody like Maze would be off for a quick beach vacation after this event (“I’m dreaming of it now,” the Slovenian said a few days ago, already exhausted by her intensive race and training program), she has to prepare for the coming weekend’s World Cup race on her home turf, in Maribor, Slovenia.

In a country whose population tops out around 2 million, Maze — the most successful athlete, man or woman in any sport, in Slovenian history — is a big deal.

Thousands of Slovenians pour into the nation’s second largest city every year to see their star

in action. Those races kick off on Saturday, meaning Maze will barely have time to rest before she’s back on course.

“I’m happy with three medals. I’m really proud. It’s hard to handle if you’re doing all of the program and warm up … you need to be careful not to burn yourself out.”

Tina Maze Slovenia

“The one thing that’s making me happy is it’s 200-meter altitude so I’ll breathe better there, even though it will be jet lag and all that stuff,” Maze said after Saturday’s race. “The biggest problem I had today was breathing. I kind of panicked when I came down.”

Racing independently from the

TOWNSEND BESSENT | TOWNSEND@VAILDAILY.COM

Tina Maze skis her way down to eighth place in the slalom during the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships at Beaver Creek on Saturday. Maze finishes the Championships with gold medals in the downhill and combined and silver in the super-G. Slovenian national team, besides being the oldest female gold medalist in the history of the Championships, the 31-year-old has four Olympic medals — two silver and two gold — and a total of nine World Championships medals, four gold and five silver.

She is leading this season’s World

Cup overall standings and two years ago, she racked up 2,414 points to win the overall globe, more than double the points of anyone else and more than any one skier has ever earned in one season.

MAZE, A33

The Vail Daily

20 15

| Sunday, February 15, 2015 | A25

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

The final act of Worlds: Today’s men’s slalom

Lift ss

Start Elevation: 10,945’ | 3,337 m Finish Elevation: 8,954‘ | 2,730 m Vertical Drop: 1,991’ | 607m Distance: 6,163’ | 1,879m Avg. Slope: 35% | 19.3° Max. Slope: 68% | 34.0°

Start Elevation: 10,247’ | 3,124 m Finish Elevation: 8,935‘ | 2,724 m Vertical Drop: 1,312’ | 400m Distance: 4,887’ | 1,490m Avg. Slope: 31% | 17.0° Max. Slope: 50% | 26.7°

Vertical Drop: Distance: Avg. Slope: Max. Slope:

+

404’ | 123m 956’ | 292m 47% | 25.1° 65% | 33.1°

Pete’s Arena

Peregrine Jump Goshawk Co nne cto r

174’ | 53m 493’ | 150m 38% | 20.9° 54% | 28.5°

The Talon

+

Men’s Super-G Start

Men’s GIANT SLALOM Start

295’ | 90m 1,857’ | 566m 16% | 9.1° 24% | 13.4°

The Brink

Vertical Drop: Distance: Avg. Slope: Max. Slope:

Vertical Drop: Distance: Avg. Slope: Max. Slope:

+

448’ | 136m 1,059’ | 323m 47% | 25.1° 54% | 28.5°

P

RUSSI’s Ride

Vertical Drop: Distance: Avg. Slope: Max. Slope:

Goshawk Jump

461’ | 141m 1,945’ | 593m 25% | 13.8° 42% | 22.8 °

+

Screech Owl Jump Westfall Road

Men’s SLALOM Start H

Golden Eagle Jump

+

The Abyss

Vertical Drop: Distance: Avg. Slope: Max. Slope:

Men’s Combined Slalom Start

Harrier Jump

Start Elevation: 9,627’ | 2,935 m Finish Elevation: 8,935‘ | 2,724 m Vertical Drop: 692’ | 211m Distance: 2,263’ | 690m Avg. Slope: 33% | 18.2° Max. Slope: 46% | 24.6°

Redtail Jump

+

H

697’ | 212m 2,224’ | 678m 33% | 18.4° 50% | 26.7°

LEGEND Men’s FIS Alpine Course LADIEs’ FIS Alpine Course

Lift

+ un tai n

Start Elevation: 9,627’ | 2,935 m Finish Elevation: 8,935‘ | 2,724 m Vertical Drop: 692’ | 211m Distance: 2,263’ | 690m Avg. Slope: 32% | 18.0° Max. Slope: 50% | 26.7°

Mo

Shauna Farnell, Vail Daily: Neureuther.

Chris Freud, Vail Daily: Hirscher.

Pat Graham, AP Denver: Khoroshilov.

Melanie Wong, Vail Daily: Hirscher.

Start Elevation: 11,155’ | 3,400 m Finish Elevation: 8,954‘ | 2,730 m Vertical Drop: 2,201’ | 671m Distance: 5,494’ | 1,675m Avg. Slope: 35% | 19.3° Max. Slope: 63% | 32.3°

use

THE PICKS

Men’s Weather Downhill Start

Gro

The format: Best two-run time wins. Sixty racers qualify for a second run. The top-30 racers will be flipped meaning the first-run leader goes 30th in the finale.

Stats: The men’s slalom course starts on Golden Eagle at 9,627 feet and drops 692 feet during its length of 2,263 feet.

Birds of Prey slalom winners: Benni Raich, Austria, 2004; Giorgio Rocca, Italy, 2005; Andre Myhrer, Sweden, 2006; Ivica Kostelic, Croatia, 2011.

Watch out: The last few gates.

Yes, this is the 14th day of some form of competition and the athletes have been here for a while to acclimate to the altitude. It is still an issue. We’ve seen athletes going straight to the oxygen mask after runs.

Americans today: Ted Ligety (17); David Chodounsky (25); Will Brandenburg (32); Tim Kelley (34).

Vertical Drop: Distance: Avg. Slope: Max. Slope:

pre

THE STATS

The Flyway

Start Elevation: 11,424’ | 3,483 m Finish Elevation: 8,954‘ | 2,730 m Vertical Drop: 2,470’ | 753m Distance: 8,603’ | 2,623m Avg. Slope: 31% | 17.0° Max. Slope 63% | 32.3°

Birds of Prey Lift

BEAVER CREEK — And thus it comes to close.

How does the final act — today’s men’s slalom at 10:15 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. — of the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships go?

By all rights, this should be a battle between Austria’s Marcel Hirscher (bib No. 1) and Germany’s Felix Neureuther (Bib No. 7).

The German and the Austrian are 1-2 in points, 540-474.

Breaking down this season’s slaloms: Levi, Finland: Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen (Bib No. 3) wins.

Hirscher second; Neureuther third.

Are, Sweden: Hirscher first; Neureuther second.

Madonna di Campiglio, Italy: Neureuther first; Hirscher seventh.

Zagreb, Croatia: Hirscher first; Neureuther second.

Adelboden, Switzerland: Switzerland’s Stefano Gross (5) wins; Hirscher third and Neureuther DNF. Wengen, Switzerland: Neureuther first; Hirscher DNF. Kitzbuehel, Austria: Mattias Hargin (2) wins; Hirscher and Neureuther go 2-3.

Schladming, Austria: Russia’s Alexander Khoroshilov (6); Neureuther third and Hirscher 14th.

Two years ago, Hirscher and Neureuther went 1-2 at Worlds at slalom. The bronze went Austria’s Mario Matt (18). Matt, who got hurt (bruised ankle joint) in training in Vail, is a surprise start today.

By the by. Matt was golden in Sochi, Russia, in the Olympic slalom.

While, of course, anything can happen in slalom, it might be a good idea to remember Felix Hirscher and Marcel Neureuther.

(Just making sure you were still reading.)

+

Men’s Downhill & Downhill Combined Start

Ex

cfreud@vaildaily.com

2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships Mens’ Course Map - Beaver Creek

ch

By Chris Freud

Kristoffersen is a young gun.

He took bronze at Sochi. Khoroshilov is a great story. His win in Schladming earlier this year was the first by Russian since Aleksandr Zhirov won a World Cup for the former Soviet Union in 1981.

Gross’ win in Adelboden was the first of his career.

Germany’s Fritz Dopfer (4) deserves some notice. He’s third on the points list and is always around the podium. His slalom finishes this season are sixth, seventh, second, eighth, second, seventh, fifth and fourth.

Cin

Time to bring down the curtain

+ Medical Point H Helicopter Landing Zone P

Pumphouse

Finish +

Sports Editor Chris Freud can be reached at 970-748-2934, cfreud@vaildaily.com and @cfreud.

The start list for today’s Worlds men’s slalom finale Daily staff report newsroom@vaildaily.com 1 HIRSCHER Marcel AUT 2 HARGIN Mattias SWE 3 KRISTOFFERSEN Henrik NOR 4 DOPFER Fritz GER 5 GROSS Stefano ITA 6 KHOROSHILOV Alexander RUS 7 NEUREUTHER Felix GER 8 RAZZOLI Giuliano ITA 9 LARSSON Markus SWE 10 PINTURAULT Alexis FRA 11 THALER Patrick ITA 12 FOSS-SOLEVAAG S. NOR 13 BYGGMARK Jens SWE 14 GRANGE Jean-Baptiste FRA 15 MYHRER Andre SWE 16 MUFFAT-JEANDET Victor FRA 17 LIGETY Ted USA 18 MATT Mario AUT

19 LIZEROUX Julien 20 YULE Daniel 21 MOELGG Manfred 22 RAICH Benjamin 23 STRASSER Linus 24 HERBST Reinfried 25 CHODOUNSKY David 26 KOSTELIC Ivica 27 AERNI Luca 28 YUASA Naoki 29 RYDING Dave 30 ZAMPA Adam 31 NORDBOTTEN Jonathan 32 BRANDENBURG Will 33 JUNG Dong-hyun 34 KELLEY Tim 35 LYSDAHL Espen 36 SCHMID Philipp 37 SKUBE Matic 38 PHILP Trevor 39 BROWN Phil

FRA SUI ITA AUT GER AUT USA CRO SUI JPN GBR SVK NOR USA KOR USA NOR GER SLO CAN CAN

40 SAMSAL Dalibor HUN 41 ZUBCIC Filip CRO 42 TRIKHICHEV Pavel RUS 43 READ Erik CAN 44 MURISIER Justin SUI 45 KRYZL Krystof CZE 46RASANEN Joonas FIN 47 ZVEJNIEKS Kristaps LAT 48 VIDOVIC Matej CRO 49 MATT Michael AUT 50 ZRNCIC-DIM Natko CRO 51 PRISADOV Stefan BUL 52 POPOV Albert BUL 53 SIMARI BIRKNER C. J. ARG 54 ALAERTS Kai BEL 55 KRANJEC Zan SLO 56 ZAMPA Andreas SVK 57 ANDRIENKO Aleksander RUS 58 VRABLIK Martin CZE 59 BARWOOD Adam NZL 60 KRISTGEIRSSON E.. K. ISL

61 SALARICH Joaquim SPA 62 BIRKNER DE MIGUEL T. ARG 63 RUDIC Marko BIH 64 PERAUDO Ross AUS 65 KYUNG Sung-hyun KOR 66 BYDLINSKI Maciej POL 67 RISTEVSKI Antonio MKD 68 RISHWORTH Mike AUS 69 LAIKERT Igor BIH 70 GASTALDI Sebastiano ARG 71 MARCHANT Armand BEL 72 SMITH Warren C. EST 73 ZVEJNIEKS Miks LAT 74 PARK hyuk KOR 75 ANTONIOU Ioannis GRE 76 CLARO Eugenio CHI 77 VUKOVIC Andrija SRB 78 KOZANASHVILI Nikoloz GEO 79 MEINERS Maarten NED 80 DYRBYE NAESTED C. DAN 81 KOVBASNYUK Ivan UKR

82 TOLA Erjon 83 ZAVECKAS Rokas 84 LYNE Conor 85 ZHOU Dongjun 86 OETTL REYES Manfred 87 TIMOFEEV Evgeniy 88 OSCH Geoffrey 89 MACEDO Michel 90 ZAKURDAEV Igor 91 TUKHTAEV Kamiljon 92 KOSIC Bojan 93 MOHBAT Alexandre 94 BIRAN Itamar 95 GOUTT Yohan G. 96 KHAN Arif Mohd 97 HEATH Alexander 98 VON HOHENLOHE H. 99 PIERI Pieris 100 MARIOTTI Alessandro

ALB LTU IRE CHN PER KGZ LUX BRA KAZ UZB MNE LIB ISR TLS IND RSA MEX CYP RSM

The Vail Daily

FIS ALPINE WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS

Slalom results Daily staff report

24 TILLEY Alexandra GBR 25 GUTIERREZ Mireia AND 26BARIOZ Taina FRA 27 POPOVIC Leona CRO 28 DUKE Hailey USA 29 LAVTAR Katarina SLO 30 CRAWFORD Candace CAN 31 PERSYN Karen BEL 32 GUEST Charlotte GBR 33 NOVOSELIC Sofija CRO 34 SIMARI BIRKNER M. ARG 35 GASIENICA-DANIEL M. POL 36 GUDMUNDSDOTTIR M. ISL 37 BANCORA Salome ARG 38 MCJAMES Megan USA 39 HUDSON Piera NZL 40 MERDANOVIC Sejla BIH 40 MATSOTSKA Bogdana UKR 42 VILHJALMSDOTTIR H.M. ISL 43 ABOLTINA Agnese LAT 44 VLHOVA Petra SVK 45 ASGEIRSDOTTIR Erla ISL 45 CHRYSTAL Lavinia AUS 47 NELLES Mathilde BEL 48 TSIKLAURI Nino GEO

newsroom@vaildaily 1 SHIFFRIN Mikaela USA 2 HANSDOTTER Frida SWE 3 STRACHOVA Sarka CZE 4 VELEZ ZUZULOVA V. SVK 5 ZETTEL Kathrin AUT 6 MIELZYNSKI Erin CAN 7 THALMANN Carmen AUT 8 MAZE Tina SLO 9 NOENS Nastasia FRA 10 GAGNON Marie-Michele CAN 11 LOESETH Nina NOR 12 WIESLER Maren GER 13 DUERR Lena GER 14 PIETILAE-HOLMNER M. SWE 15 CHABLE Charlotte SUI 16 COSTAZZA Chiara ITA 17 MOUGEL Laurie FRA 18 HASEGAWA Emi JPN 19 BRIGNONE Federica ITA 20 MOLTZAN Paula USA 21 SOPPELA Merle FIN 22 SWENN-LARSSON A. SWE 23 HECTOR Sara SWE

1:38.48 1:38.82 1:39.25 1:39.42 1:39.50 1:39.98 1:40.52 1:40.96 1:41.17 1:41.41 1:41.43 1:41.52 1:41.54 1:41.67 1:41.73 1:41.91 1:42.03 1:42.13 1:42.19 1:42.22 1:42.80 1:42.84 1:43.03

1:43.45 1:44.00 1:44.12 1:44.73 1:44.95 1:44.98 1:45.01 1:45.18 1:46.07 1:46.92 1:47.87 1:48.02 1:48.40 1:48.86 1:49.11 1:49.60 1:50.12 1:50.12 1:51.52 1:51.55 1:51.95 1:52.93 1:52.93 1:53.11 1:54.63

| Sunday, February 15, 2015 | A27

Breakfast served ‘til 8 pm!

Lunch Starts at 11 Breakfast Sandwich Homemade Meatball Sub

$5

Connect with the

Natural Chicken Wrap • Philly Rib Eye Cheesesteak Sandwich Fish Taco Wrap • Short Rib Wrap • Reuben Cobb Salad • Caesar Salad • Ham & Cheese Sandwich Bagel Sandwich • Breakfast Burrito • Curry Chicken Wrap

on facebook facebook.com/vaildaily

2271 N. Frontage Rd., Vail or North side of I-70 in Avon Look for the Red Cup

It’s easy to participate!

MARCEL HIRSCHER AUS Home Town:

Salzburg, Austria

DAILY

Birth Date:

March 2, 1989 Number of World Cup Starts:

Find the location list at BeaverCreek.com/Interx

X

7AM: Breakfast in Beaver Creek 12PM - 5PM: #ChallengeTheChampions Ski Simulator 30 Minutes After Races End*: Club InterX - Free food & beverage samples from our Country of the Day, prize drawings, music & more! *2PM on non-race days

Wins/Podiums:

X

Victories:

X

World Championship Starts:

X

Wins/Podiums:

28/65

Victories:

X

Explore Beaver Creek Village to roundup your favorites

Number of Olympics Starts:

2

Olympic Medals:

1 silver

Marcel Hirscher (born March 2, 1989) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria.

Born in Annaberg-Lungötz, Salzburg, Hirscher made his World Cup debut in March 2007. Dis repernatur aliti doluptatem incipsa sit, ium rehende licidebit mosam quodis atempor.

Sunday, February 15th International Day!

Collect 15 cards and bring them to the InterX Pavilion Get your cards vaildated and collect your Throwback Prize Pack

Sampling from Murray’s Cheese & Korbel Champagne

Thank for an amazing 2015 Alpine World Ski Championships!

AUS

MARCEL HIRSCHER

Home Town: Birth Date: Number of World Cup Starts: Wins/Podiums: Victories: World Championship Starts: Wins/Podiums: Victories: Number of Olympics Starts: Olympic Medals:

MARCEL HIRSCHER

AUS

Salzburg, Austria March 2, 1989 X X X X 28/65 X 2 1 silver

Marcel Hirscher (born March 2, 1989) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in AnnabergLungötz, Salzburg, Hirscher made his World Cup debut in March 2007.

7AM–5PM · Feb. 2–15 · Center of Beaver Creek Village For detailed daily schedules, visit BeaverCreek.com/InterX

For more information, visit BeaverCreek.com/InterX

A28 | Sunday, February 15, 2015 | The Vail Daily

FIS ALPINE WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS

OQUE T Y E S R E J Y E K C OFFICIAL HO it e d e d it io n In a ve ry li m

Joaquim Salarich, of Spain, walks away happy from 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships slalom qualifying. He won Saturday’s slalom qualifier at Golden Peak in Vail by 1.5 seconds.

JOHN LACONTE JLACONTE@ VAILDAILY.COM

Spanish ski racer Salarich dominates slalom qualifier ‘I have a lot to prove’ Available at these locations: Zone2015 the Official Store Sonnenalp Hotel on Meadow Drive Covered Bridge Store Next to the Bridge on Bridge Street

Vail T-Shirt Company Lionshead – near the bus stop Beaver Creek Gear Park Hyatt – across from the ice rink

By John LaConte jlaconte@vaildaily.com

VAIL — Joaquim Salarich needed only to finish Saturday’s slalom qualifier to make it to Beaver Creek today for the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships.

The Spanish ski racer decided instead, though, that he was going to give it all he

had. After the completion of his second run, Salarich led the field by a second and a half.

“I have a lot to prove,” Salarich said. “I want to be in the top 30 on Sunday. I will start like 60 or 58 probably, but if I ski like today maybe I can be there.”

Salarich said the snow was in perfect condition for him to ski his best.

“That snow is so easy to ski because it’s

SALARICH, A29

The Vail Daily

FIS ALPINE WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS

SALARICH

“I just wanted to go 100 percent and give it my all,” he said. “I made a small mistake, but apart from that I’m happy.”

hard, but it’s not ice,” he said. “You can push and the ski goes where you want.”

The lone Spanish slalom ski racer, Salarich said he felt like his endurance training had given him the fitness he needed to lay down a couple good runs.

“I felt that I could push it from the beginning to the finish,” he said.

‘TOMORROW, I ... THROW DOWN’

From page A28

TWO FOR THE SHOW The slalom qualifier was a chance for smaller countries to send a man to the World Championships slalom race at Beaver Creek, as well as an opportunity for some countries to get more than one racer into the starting gate today. The top skier to finish from every country, in addition to the top 25 ski racers overall, were qualified. Belgium, Argentina, Bulgaria, South Korea, Australia and Bosnia and Herzegovina were all able to earn a spot in today’s slalom for more than one racer from their country through Saturday’s qualifier.

For younger racers, the qualifier was also a chance to get some much-needed experience.

“This is only my 12th FIS race, so I’ve never really experienced anything like this,” 16-year-old Itamar Biran, of Israel, the youngest competitor in the field, said after finishing his race Saturday.

Like Salarich, Biran needed only to finish, but gave the race his all regardless, finishing 36th.

Colorado's Top Cardiologists Now Serving the Vail Valley •

Albert Popov, of Bulgaria, said he was more concerned with finishing in the top 25 Saturday, rather than attacking the course.

“I was just having fun, not too risky. Tomorrow is the day,” he said Saturday after finishing. “Tomorrow, I ... throw down.”

At just 18 years old, Popov is the next great hope for the small Balkan nation that has increased its focus on ski racing during the past few years. Upon today’s conclusion of the 2015 World Championships, the second stop on the women’s World Cup tour is in Bansko, Bulgaria, and its ski federation is currently in town at the races, touting Popov and Bansko as two reasons to take ski racing seriously in Eastern Europe.

“But I’m just skiing,” Popov said. “Whatever happens, happens.”

While it will be the first World Championships for Popov and Biran, others at Saturday’s qualifier have seen plenty of action over the years. For Martin Vrablik, of the Czech Republic, who finished third on Saturday, it is World Championships No. 7.

“This has been the best World Championships for me,” he said. “I am so happy to be here. It is my first time in the U.S. It is a great time for me. I was hoping for better results, but everything was so nice, I enjoyed it so much here. I’m really, really happy.”

| Sunday, February 15, 2015 | A29

DR. NELSON PRAGER & DR. JERRY GREENBERG

After working together for decades in Denver, Dr. Nelson Prager and Dr. Jerry Greenberg have joined the Cardiology Institute year-round.

Along with the opening of a new cardiac catheterization lab in early 2015, we are making mountains of improvements. Call (970) 476-1110 to schedule your appointment at one of our three clinic locations.

VV M C .CO M /CA R D I O LO GY

|

VA I L , E AG L E & F R I S CO

Glenwood Springs Pre Owned Outlet 95

$13,9

2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee LTD STOCK # C347226 | MILEAGE: 73,413

5

9 $10,9

2011 Mazda3 i Touring

STOCK # B1454327 | MILEAGE: 79,843

95

$40,9

2013 Toyota Tundra LTD CrewMax STOCK # DX321937 | MILEAGE: 15,714

95

$15,9

2010 Volkswagen Jetta TDI STOCK # AM182063 | MILEAGE: 57,754

95

95

$25,9

2011 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT STOCK # BZ164576 | MILEAGE: 42,474

2014 Volkswagen Jetta 1.8T SE STOCK # EM362789 | MILEAGE: 26,219

STOCK # 8A084078 | MILEAGE: 116,381

95

95

95

2007 Nissan Xterra S

www.GlenwoodSpringsAudi.com

Monday-Friday: 9:00 am - 7:00 pm Saturday: 9:00 - 6:00 pm

STOCK # DL504672 | MILEAGE: 17,720

95

2008 Hummer H3 SUV

2012 Jeep Liberty Sport

STOCK # 88134664 | MILEAGE: 75,683

STOCK # CW209345 | MILEAGE: 62,430

95

$27.9

STOCK # 7C518971 | MILEAGE: 90,480

2013 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited

$16,9

95

$12,7

2012 Audi S4 3.0 Premium Plus Quattro

Call Us 866-724-3741

STOCK # EC062409 | MILEAGE: 8,817

STOCK # EW527269 | MILEAGE: 6,869

$38,9

STOCK # 7A049092 | MILEAGE: 74,036

95

2014 Volkswagen Passat Wolfsburg

2014 Volkswagen Tiguan S 2.0

STOCK # 87343825 | MILEAGE: 80,898

2007 Acura TL Type-S Navigation

$35,9

$18,9

$22,9

2008 Subaru Outback 2.5i Limited

STOCK # 9B621927 | MILEAGE: 36,721

95

95

$15,9

2009 Chevrolet Aveo5 Hatchback

98

2008 Audi A4 2.0T Quattro Sedan

STOCK # 9E528615 | MILEAGE: 59,191

$15,9

$23,4

$13,9

2009 Volkswagen CC Luxury

STOCK # CA064521 | MILEAGE: 26,549

$8,49

95

5

9 $15,9

95

5

$16,9

$20,9

2014 Subaru Forester 2.5i Touring PZEV STOCK # EH558757 | MILEAGE: 10,592

2014 Chrysler Town & Country Touring STOCK # ER218119 | MILEAGE: 35,835

www. GlenwoodSpringsVW.com

Visit us online!

www.audiglenwoodsprings.com www.glenwoodspringsvw.com

Deal of the Week

2005 Volvo XC70 2.5L

$7,995 STOCK # 51185300

A30 | Sunday, February 15, 2015 | The Vail Daily

Introducing two new

LIMITED EDITION LITHOGRAPHS by renowned artist Dawn Beacon

FIS ALPINE WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS

WOMEN’S SLALOM

From page A23

slightly behind through the two timing intervals, making up the time was as simple as finding her rhythm and letting her skis run on Redtail.

“I can admit how much I wanted this race,” Shiffrin said. “Yeah, that second run, I know how much Frida can attack those courses. Between the first and second run, I thought, ‘I have to just hold my own against Frida.’ Then (Slovenia’s Veronika Velez) Zuzulova had an incredible run, everybody, I felt comfortable enough with my margin. I knew it was enough except for Sarka and Frida. I found my rhythm and just kept going and it just got better and better.”

HAPPY PODIUM Hansdotter, who took bronze in the last Worlds, had won two slaloms on the World Cup circuit this season, emerging as Shiffrin’s chief competitor. Down by 4-tenths after the first run, Hansdotter let it all hang out on her second run.

The distributor of this poster makes no claims of association, sponsorship, or affiliation with the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships.

“I feel super happy on my skiing,” Hansdotter said. “It’s been a great season for me. To achieve this medal is unbelievable.

Mikaela was skiing super good today. It was hard to beat her, but I’m happy with the silver medal.”

Hansdotter said she briefly entertained thoughts of gold after Shiffrin’s first two splits, but then saw how the American was skiing the bottom of the course, and knew that it was over.

Strachova won her fourth career medal at Worlds with a combined time that was 77-hundredths behind Shiffrin. All of those medals came before July 2012, when Strachova had surgery for a brain tumor. She returned to competition five months later, but understandably her comeback was just beginning.

“Yeah, it’s hard to describe this feeling because this is an amazing day,” Strachova said. “(A) bronze medal for me, it is almost a gold, I worked so hard to get back on top.

Standing on the podium next to Mikaela and Frida, I can’t believe it.”

Slovenia’s Zuzulova was fourth, followed

by Austria’s Kathrin Zettel.

Hot Tub CLEARANCE

SALE

FREE Ozonator with purchase

The Racer Playing host to competitive events for over 50 years, ‘The Racer’ is a celebration of the Vail Valley’s commitment to the world of local, regional, and international ski racing.

Ask About Weekly Maintenance Programs

SUPER DART SALE!

FOX HOT TUBS

BILLIARDS & GAMES 970-926-9407 • WWW.FOXHOTTUBS.COM • The Riverwalk in Edwards

THE ONLY PLACE TO FIND The Vail Daily MeDia Pins

in

aVon

easy . casual . dining

Village Sunrise There’s nothing like sunrise over Beaver Creek. While tricky to find, this trail does exist and welcomes any winter adventurer willing to put in the effort for spectacular views.

79

$

COL L EC T IBL E L I T HOGR A P H

Limited Inventory!

GE T Y OU R S T OD AY AT T HE VA IL D A ILY BU IL DING IN E A GL E-VA IL

129

$

SIGNED / N U MBER ED ( 1 – 100 )

MONDAY – FRIDAY H 9:30 A M – 4:30 PM H POSTERS@VA ILDA ILY.COM 24” X 36” FINISHED SIZE, FR A ME NOT INCLUDED

20

insiDe

The W esTin sTePs froM The W esTin G onDola

A 1 minute walk from the Avon Station Bus Stop and Apres Avon

The Vail Daily

| Sunday, February 15, 2015 | A31

LIM ITED EDITIO N 2015 VAIL DAILY MEDIA PINS

Pi ns avai l abl e today!

15 EAC H V i s i t the Vail D ail y Bu i l di ng , Mon – F ri , 9 : 3 0 a m – 4 : 3 0 p m $

P u rc h as e y o u r pi n s ev er y day at :

Solaris/Vail Village

Just left of the Covered Bridge.

At the Bus Stop at Beaver Creek

Next to the Gondola in the Westin

A32 | Sunday, February 15, 2015 | The Vail Daily

FIS ALPINE WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS

LIFE

SOLO AMERICANS

From page A24

STYLE 800-528-1656 cordilleraliving.com

over 7000 acres of rocky mountain majesty in the vail valley

even more surgeries. She had a bright spot in 2012, earning her first World Cup podium at Ofterschwang, Germany, only to tear her ACL shortly afterward.

This season, after 12 years with the U.S. Ski Team, she was dropped from the national team. However, that didn’t stop Stiegler, who still does some training with the U.S. Ski Team, but raises her own funds and manages her own training and travel. Getting named to the World Championships team was a major accomplishment, although she suffered a knee injury Jan. 12 that eventually caused her to withdraw from the second round of the slalom.

“Just having (the injuries) happen again and again is pretty difficult. Coming back isn’t the difficult part. I know I can do it.

It’s wanting it so badly that’s difficult,” she said after her first slalom run at Beaver Creek. “I want it so badly every single day, and it hasn’t been easy every single day.

That’s the hard part, reminding yourself that you do love it, and that even if you’re not winning, that’s OK. It’s the skiing, that’s why you’re there.”

Competing at the Championships also means that Stiegler gets to race with her close friend and former teammate Sarah Schleper. Vail native Schleper is racing for Mexico and crashed midway down the run in the first slalom round.

“It’s been awhile, and it’s been a lot of fun,” said Stiegler of Schleper. “She cracks me up, and she reminds me that obviously

we all want to win and do well — that’s why we’re here — but sometimes you also have to remember that it was a long journey for me to get here, and I have to appreciate the little steps and be happy to be here and competing with everyone.”

THE UPSIDE However, these athletes will tell you that for every challenge that comes with racing independently, there are upsides when it comes to personalizing training and attention from coaches.

“The positive side is that you can kind of gear your program toward you individually, and you make the program the best for yourself and manage the details the best you can,” said McJames, 27, who trains out of Park City, Utah. McJames got a last minute chance to compete in the slalom race after competing in the giant slalom on Thursday.

Duke added that she feels she’s been able to improve her skiing at a faster rate by racing solo.

“I have total freedom. I couldn’t go about picking through all my problems and fixing what I need at the rate that I have if it wasn’t all up to me,” she said, adding that her World Championships result didn’t show the improvements she’s made. “I was hoping (the slalom) would be the start of it, but I think I’m well on my way there. I just need to put it together on the game day.”

Assistant Managing Editor Melanie Wong can be reached at 970-748-2927 and at mwong@vaildaily.com. Follow her on Twitter @mwongvail.

AT OPENING AT 9:30 AM DAILY FOR THE TELEVISED RACES

STOP BY FOR GIVEAWAYS and ATHLETE APPEARANCES DAILY!

AT LIVE Music Daily

4-6pm & 9-11pm TONIGHT

TEXAS BRANDON

Free Giveaways and Athlete Appearances Join Us Daily for Live Coverage of ALL of the Events Top of Bridge Street in Vail • 970.476.7676

The Vail Daily

FIS ALPINE WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS

MAZE

From page A24 Oh yes, she’s also a pop star, singing and playing piano in the song “My Way is My Decision� that has had more views on YouTube than that of any other Slovenian artist (warning, the video is a little cheesy, especially after an appearance by Maze’s longtime coach/boyfriend and also a chocolate bar appearance/plug for sponsor Milka).

‘MY BEST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS’ Speaking in a flat monotone, Maze is proficient in Slovenian, Italian, German and English and has a deadpan sense of humor that she occasionally displays at such times as when her underwear was put into question on the World Cup a few seasons ago. The Swiss Federation accused Maze of wearing underwear made of a plastic material that gave her an aerodynamic advantage. The Slovenian had to turn in said underwear for scrutiny by the International Ski Federation and at the following race, when standing in the leader’s box, Maze opened the top of her race suit to reveal the message “not your business�

written on her sports bra.

During her time at Vail-Beaver Creek, Maze expressed her love of Colorado, that is, besides the altitude, which she said had totally zapped her energy by the time her last race wrapped up.

Although she wanted to find one last medal on Saturday, Maze sums up the past two weeks as “my best World Championships.â€? “I’m happy with three medals. I’m really proud,â€? she said. “Finishing like that, of course it’s tough. I felt really on the limit today. It’s hard to handle if you’re doing all of the program and warm up ‌ you need to be careful not to burn yourself out.â€?

Burnt out or not, Maze is always one to graciously acknowledge the prowess of other athletes. “The best are on the podium,â€? she said after the race Saturday. “Mikaela (Shiffrin) showed again that she’s the best slalom skier at the moment. Frida (Hansdotter) as well. I’m happy for Sarka (Strachova) to be there, it’s amazing after all of her health problems. I know I belong there, too, but with this kind of energy ‌ I don’t belong there. But I think it was a nice race.â€?

-533%, -!$.%33 )3 "!#+ -533%,3

%6%29 45%3$!9 .)'(4

Join us for -AIN 3TREET World-Class 4HE 2IVERWALK %DWARDS Italian!

Open Daily from 5pm 27 MAIN STREET THE RIVERWALK, EDWARDS 970.926.0777

THE ONLY PLACE to find the VAIL DAILY MEDIA PINS VAIL VILLAGE

IN CHAMPIONSHIPS PLAZA/SOLARIS Every Medal Ceremony, Every Concert We are right here!

| Sunday, February 15, 2015 | A33

Greystone Lodge Family Retreat 119 ELK MEADOWS

This legacy estate located adjacent to the Pole Creek Golf Course has the most stunning views in the Fraser Valley, perhaps all of Colorado. From the top of a natural rise in the landscape it has a commanding view of three hundred sixty degrees of green hills and lush, verdant valley, the snowcapped Continental Divide and Winter Park Ski Resort. One of Colorado’s great legacy eco estates, this 15,000 sq.ft. home exudes opulence yet is eco-friendly with state-of-the-art solar panels and geothermal heating. Perfect for family getaways and entertaining alike, this 6 bed, 7 full and 3.5 bath home sleeps 18 regularly and entertains up to 200 for events.

Offered at $6,995,000 To learn more visit: 119elkmeadows.com or contact: Chad Rogers (310) 858-5417 Paul Lewis (970) 726-6988 Jonathan Rose (917) 945-6559 Hilton and Hyland & Coldwell Banker Mountain Properties

MOUNTAIN PROPERTIES

A34 | Sunday, February 15, 2015 | The Vail Daily

OPEN HOUSE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12th

FIS ALPINE WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS

PICTURING GOLD

JUSTIN Q. MCCARTY | SPECIAL TO THE DAILY

Mikaela Shiffrin visualizes her line while inspecting the slalom course during the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships on Saturday at Beaver Creek. Shiffrin won the gold medal in the event with a combined time of 1 minute, 38.48 seconds.

Breakfast served ‘til 8 pm!

Lunch Starts at 11 Breakfast Sandwich Homemade Meatball Sub

$5

Natural Chicken Wrap • Philly Rib Eye Cheesesteak Sandwich Fish Taco Wrap • Short Rib Wrap • Reuben Cobb Salad • Caesar Salad • Ham & Cheese Sandwich Bagel Sandwich • Breakfast Burrito • Curry Chicken Wrap

2271 N. Frontage Rd., Vail or North side of I-70 in Avon Look for the Red Cup

TO Q U E ?

W H AT ’S A FO R BEANIE!

IT’S CANADIAN

YOUR HEAD! A HOCKEY JERSEY FOR DSEY! GO MIKAELA… GO LIN Visit the Vail Daily Building, Mon – Fri, 9:30am - 4:30pm Also Available Everyday at These Locations:

Solaris/Vail Village

Just left of the Covered Bridge.

At the Bus Stop at Beaver Creek

Next to the Gondola in the Westin