Best American Female Athlete Today is (1 Viewer)

[ffldrew]

Mikalea Shiffirn and it's not even close

Age 23 just tied World Cup record with 35th Slalom win and 50th World Cup Victory youngest skier to that 50 win point in skiing history - male or female - she nearly has the World Cup Overall title sown up by Christmas with her 5th win in a row (G Slalom and Slalom wins)

Just watched her Slalom victory at Courchavel - a thing of beauty finished first by .30 which is an eternity in skiing. 

On her way to the greatest female athlete ever in any sport.

 

[Juxtatarot]

Simone Biles.

 

[gianmarco]

Courtney Dauwalter gets a mention

Not only is what she's able to do insane, but she outperforms MEN doing it.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I want to see testing on all of these before I give my vote.

 

[Ted Stickles]

Gianna Dior.  Not even close.  NSWF BTW.  But still.  The best balance of everything you could ever think imaginable.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

if it's not even close why I am I seeing so many names?

 

[Apple Jack]

Mikalea Shiffirn and it's not even close

Age 23 just tied World Cup record with 35th Slalom win and 50th World Cup Victory youngest skier to that 50 win point in skiing history - male or female - she nearly has the World Cup Overall title sown up by Christmas with her 5th win in a row (G Slalom and Slalom wins)

Just watched her Slalom victory at Courchavel - a thing of beauty finished first by .30 which is an eternity in skiing. 

On her way to the greatest female athlete ever in any sport.

Hotter and cooler than Vonn too.

 

[Sinn Fein]

Monomoy Girl - won $2.8M in prize money this year.  Won 6 of 7 races, finishing 2nd the other race.

 

[Sinn Fein]

Hotter and cooler than Vonn too.

Tiger Woods looks up from his Denny's Grand Slam....

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Biles 

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Dominating a sport nobody cares about does not mean you are the best athlete 

most accomplished maybe

 

[Apple Jack]

Dominating a sport nobody cares about does not mean you are the best athlete 

most accomplished maybe

Sounds like you're looking for most popular athlete.

 

[matuski]

if it's not even close why I am I seeing so many names?

Seriously.

This isn't a debate.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Sounds like you're looking for most popular athlete.

No similar to Michael Phelps when he dominated at swimming, they’re very good a specialized skill, but I’d argue there are better pure athletes out there

 

[matuski]

Dominating a sport nobody cares about does not mean you are the best athlete 

most accomplished maybe

Where does tennis rank versus slalom skiing on this spectrum?

 

[TheDirtyWord]

Serena

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[ffldrew]

Where does tennis rank versus slalom skiing on this spectrum?

Slalom, GiantSlalom, Super G - even has Downhill wins. The person she tied today on the all time Slalom list won her 35th at age 32 - Mikaela is 23. Lindsey Vonn won her 82 at age 33.  She is already 501 points in front of next closest in Overall standings. 

Going pretty fast here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iggDKp5kj_M

or here https://youtu.be/87UI4pKMCdo

cranking turns - https://youtu.be/KYBKsWztOtg

footwork and edging here is incredible - as someone once said "watch her feet!" - https://youtu.be/mEk2jjIjxOs

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Slalom, GiantSlalom, Super G - even has Downhill wins. The person she tied today on the all time Slalom list won her 35th at age 32 - Mikaela is 23. Lindsey Vonn won her 82 at age 33.  She is already 501 points in front of next closest in Overall standings. 

Going pretty fast here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iggDKp5kj_M

or here https://youtu.be/87UI4pKMCdo

cranking turns - https://youtu.be/KYBKsWztOtg

footwork and edging here is incredible - as someone once said "watch her feet!" - https://youtu.be/mEk2jjIjxOs

How far can she hit a golf ball?

 

[ffldrew]

How far can she hit a golf ball?

Since she lives in Vail I'd say pretty far

 

[Galileo]

Mikalea Shiffirn and it's not even close

Age 23 just tied World Cup record with 35th Slalom win and 50th World Cup Victory youngest skier to that 50 win point in skiing history - male or female - she nearly has the World Cup Overall title sown up by Christmas with her 5th win in a row (G Slalom and Slalom wins)

Just watched her Slalom victory at Courchavel - a thing of beauty finished first by .30 which is an eternity in skiing. 

On her way to the greatest female athlete ever in any sport.

All she does is slide down a hill.  Gravity does all the work.  Not much athleticism involved in that.

 

[Ned]

All she does is slide down a hill.  Gravity does all the work.  Not much athleticism involved in that.

 

[matuski]

Slalom, GiantSlalom, Super G - even has Downhill wins. The person she tied today on the all time Slalom list won her 35th at age 32 - Mikaela is 23. Lindsey Vonn won her 82 at age 33.  She is already 501 points in front of next closest in Overall standings. 

Going pretty fast here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iggDKp5kj_M

or here https://youtu.be/87UI4pKMCdo

cranking turns - https://youtu.be/KYBKsWztOtg

footwork and edging here is incredible - as someone once said "watch her feet!" - https://youtu.be/mEk2jjIjxOs

Looks like every other pro skiier ive ever watched ski.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Hasn't she kind of disappointed in the olympics so far?  I mean good, but not "best ever" level great.  2 golds and a silver in 5 events over two olympic games, including a 4th place finish at her best discipline in the 2018 games.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Dunno who’s best But was watching biathlon the other night and find those chicks pretty compellingly. Super toned from that full body cross country skiing plus they know how to handle a weapon if #### gets crazy.

 

[ffldrew]

Mikalea Shiffirn - finishes off the year today

3rd Straight overall title

Season Super-G Champion

Season Giant Slalom Champion

Season Slalom Champion (6th time)

Only 6th time someone has taken 4 Crystal Globes

40 Slalom Race wins - tying Ingemar Stenmark

17 wins this season - most ever in a World Cup Season

3 medals at World Championships in Sweden

5th in all-time wins at only 24 years old

 

[D-Day]

caitlyn jenner

 

[EYLive]

Serena

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"Female"

 

[EYLive]

Mikalea Shiffirn - finishes off the year today

3rd Straight overall title

Season Super-G Champion

Season Giant Slalom Champion

Season Slalom Champion (6th time)

Only 6th time someone has taken 4 Crystal Globes

40 Slalom Race wins - tying Ingemar Stenmark

17 wins this season - most ever in a World Cup Season

3 medals at World Championships in Sweden

5th in all-time wins at only 24 years old

If a tree falls in a forest...

 

[jon_mx]

Serena

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Today?  Not so much.  Probably not even a top 10 player in the world today.  When she was at her best, she was perhaps the most dominate women tennis player ever.