{"id":2456093,"date":"2020-03-20T16:48:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T22:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/mikaela-shiffrin-hosts-social-media-session-thursday-from-self-quarantine\/"},"modified":"2020-03-20T16:48:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T22:48:00","slug":"shiffrin-hosts-social-media-session-with-teammates-thursday-from-self-quarantine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/shiffrin-hosts-social-media-session-with-teammates-thursday-from-self-quarantine\/","title":{"rendered":"Shiffrin hosts social-media session with teammates Thursday from self-quarantine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.5873015873016\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-323050-4\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/wireSHIFF-atd-032120-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/wireSHIFF-atd-032120-3-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Giovanni Auletta\/AP | AP | Mikaela Shiffrin stands in the finish area after winning a Jan. 26 women's World Cup super-G in Bansko, Bulgaria.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Mikaela Shiffrin stands in the finish area after winning a Jan. 26 women&#8217;s World Cup super-G in Bansko, Bulgaria.<\/strong><br \/>Giovanni Auletta\/AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/wireSHIFF-atd-032120-3-1024x683.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Mikaela Shiffrin stands in the finish area after winning a Jan. 26 women's World Cup super-G in Bansko, Bulgaria.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/wireSHIFF-atd-032120-3-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/wireSHIFF-atd-032120-3-1-861x1024.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy | Mikaela Shiffrin talks on Instagram during Thursday's \" fireside chat with fans and teammates. she discussed her father covid-19 snow caves. class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Mikaela Shiffrin talks on Instagram during Thursday&#8217;s &#8220;fireside chat&#8221; with fans and teammates. She discussed her father, COVID-19 and snow caves.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/wireSHIFF-atd-032120-3-1-861x1024.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Mikaela Shiffrin talks on Instagram during Thursday's \" fireside chat with fans and teammates. she discussed her father covid-19 snow caves.><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/wireSHIFF-atd-032120-3-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/wireSHIFF-atd-032120-3-2-1024x1017.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy | Steven Nyman joined Mikaela Shiffrin during an Instagram chat on Thursday, but it was Nell, 2, who stole the show.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>Steven Nyman joined Mikaela Shiffrin during an Instagram chat on Thursday, but it was Nell, 2, who stole the show.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/wireSHIFF-atd-032120-3-2-1024x1017.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Steven Nyman joined Mikaela Shiffrin during an Instagram chat on Thursday, but it was Nell, 2, who stole the show.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/mikaela-shiffrin-hosts-social-media-session-thursday-from-self-quarantine\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/mikaela-shiffrin-hosts-social-media-session-thursday-from-self-quarantine\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">VAIL \u2014 If this skiing thing doesn\u2019t work out, Mikaela Shiffrin might have a future in late-night television.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The three-time World Cup champion hosted a fireside chat Thursday on Instagram, taking questions from viewers and checking in with teammates on the U.S. Ski Team, including Steven Nyman, Bryce Bennett and cross-country skier Jessie Diggins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">And, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt would have been proud, as Shiffrin was actually sitting in front of a fire during the session.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cMy back is melting,\u201d she joked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Subhead\">Q-and-A<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Given this was meant to be the week of World Cup finals in Cortina, Italy, the event canceled two weeks ago because of the novel coronavirus, it was a well-timed social-media event for American ski-racing fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cEverybody is stressed and, no doubt, frustrated and worried about the COVID-19 situation,\u201d Shiffrin said during the opening. \u201cI think it\u2019s important to keep the faith this is going to get better. There\u2019s a lot of doomsday talk out there, but there are so many out there risking their lives to take care of the sick.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Shiffrin went on to praise all the medical community and others dealing with the crisis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Like most of America, Shiffrin is spending time at home. Having returned from Europe, she and her family are self-quarantining. With regard to her travel abroad, Shiffrin said she feels fine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Of course, Mikaela, Eileen and Taylor are still grieving the loss of the family\u2019s patriarch, Jeff, on Feb. 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cAgain, it\u2019s trying to find perspective,\u201d Mikaela said when asked about how she is dealing with the loss. \u201cPeople out there have it worse than you. \u2026 This is awkward. With losing my dad this February, one of the first things I thought about was you can you survive as a family being left behind? I know that sounds like it\u2019s selfish. How is this even survivable?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Ironically, as Shiffrin understandably struggled to articulate her thoughts on this delicate subject, the feed cut out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cInopportune timing there. I\u2019m OK,\u201d she said when the stream returned. \u201cWhatever you\u2019re doing, find something to be thankful for. It\u2019s very important these days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">In response to a question about the World Cup season being curtailed due to weather and COVID-19, Shiffrin described it as \u201ca strange end to a strange year.\u201d She said she felt she \u201cgot over a hurdle\u201d by going to Are, Sweden, for those scheduled races and yet at the same time was happy they were canceled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI felt grateful to come back home. The entire time, I wanted to be back home,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Shiffrin showed her diplomatic side when asked about her favorite World Cup venue. While, of course, she loves every venue, she seemed split between two sites.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI love racing in Flachau,\u201d Shiffrin said. \u201cThe crowd is so big and amazing. Austria has such a passion and history for ski racing. For the same reason, I love Killington. It\u2019s home, and we also get the biggest crowds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Subhead\">Nell steals the show<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">By and large, Shiffrin was her down-to-earth self with her \u201cguests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Nyman, from Utah, was the first to join Shiffrin as guest, but his daughter, Nell, 2, unquestionably won the Adorable Prize, were it to exist. The two showed off her snow cave into which Nyman can fit, meaning it\u2019s a big snow cave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Another important disclosure, under the category of \u201cthings toddlers do,\u201d was that Nell ate half of a stick of butter recently, while dad wasn\u2019t watching.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cMaybe try putting it on something next time,\u201d Shiffrin joked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">When sharing the screen with Bennett, the two discussed how fans ask them about skiing powder and that they are more into the corduroy because, well, that\u2019s closer to what they ski on the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">A lot like most Americans these days, Bennett and Shiffrin discussed their favorite television shows and what they are streaming. Shiffrin remains a devoted fan of \u201cSchitt\u2019s Creek.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Shiffrin and Diggins appeared to get along famously. They started by talking about how the World Cup cross-country event scheduled this month for Minneapolis was canceled because of the virus. Diggins is from Afton, Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Diggins just had a book, \u201cBrave Enough,\u201d published last week and was scheduled to do a promotional tour. While that\u2019s a no-go, Shiffrin heartily endorsed her friend\u2019s new work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:cfreud@vaildaily.com\">cfreud@vaildaily.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/mikaela-shiffrin-hosts-social-media-session-thursday-from-self-quarantine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mikaela Shiffrin stands in the finish area after winning a Jan. 26 women&#8217;s World Cup super-G in Bansko, Bulgaria.Giovanni Auletta\/AP | AP Mikaela Shiffrin talks on Instagram during Thursday&#8217;s &#8220;fireside chat&#8221; with fans and teammates. She discussed her father, COVID-19 and snow caves.Courtesy Steven Nyman joined Mikaela Shiffrin during an Instagram chat on Thursday, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2456093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-18 09:08:11","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2456093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456093\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2456093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2456093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2456093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}