Favorite us! Follow a young teen, Taylor Heise tacked a poster-size goal sheet in her bedroom, checking off each one as she met it. Maddie Rooney and Alex Cavallini were cut from a tryout camp. 1 goalies from the last two Winter Games. has a significantly new-look roster at these worlds without Olympic captain Kendall Coyne Schofield (pregnant), three-time Olympic forward Brianna Decker (retired) and its No. It is also on a five-game win streak overall against the U.S., its longest run in that rivalry in 13 years, after winning 4-3 in a shootout in the preliminary round last Monday. and Canada met in 26 of the 28 all-time Olympic or world championship finals.Ĭanada won the last three global championships - 2021 Worlds, 2022 Olympics, 2022 Worlds - its first major final win streak since its last one ended in 2004. women’s goalie at an Olympics or worlds in at least 26 years. Cayla Barnes, Caroline Harvey and Taylor Heise each had three assists.Īerin Frankel got the nod for a fourth consecutive game, matching the longest run for a U.S. Then Canada dumped Switzerland 5-1, with a hat trick from Sarah Fillier, to set up Sunday’s showdown.įor the U.S., Hilary Knight, Amanda Kessel and Tessa Janecke each scored twice. beat Czechia (formerly called the Czech Republic) 9-1. and Canada will meet in the world women’s hockey championship final for the 21st time in 22 all-time tournaments. Then on Wednesday came more retirements: Norwegian Tiril Eckhoff, who won eight Olympic medals and 15 world championships medals, and Frenchwoman Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet, who won three Olympic medals and seven world championships medals.įrance’s Julia Simon, who had a best individual 2022 Olympic finish of sixth, leads this season’s World Cup overall standings. Later Tuesday, German Denise Herrmann-Wick, a reigning individual Olympic and world champion, announced she will also end her career at the Oslo World Cup at age 34. She was considered a late bloomer, competing in her first Olympics at age 27, earning her first of 19 World Cup wins at 29 and winning her World Cup overall title at 31. In 2020, Røiseland won medals in all seven events at the world championships - five gold and two bronze. I feel it, and I feel the life is so much more than biathlon.” I’m just so happy with everything I have done. “This year, it’s been tough, but it’s been so worth it. “Last year was an incredible season, but I’m so glad I took another year,” she said, according to the IBU. She won one individual bronze medal and two relay golds at last month’s world championships, then earned her two World Cup wins this season two weeks ago. Røiseland was one of the most dominant athletes across all sports at the Olympics, tying the record for most medals won at one Winter Games, then missed the first month of this past season due to health issues. It’s a feeling I had the whole year, actually.” “It’s the right time,” the 32-year-old Røiseland said, according to the International Biathlon Union (IBU). Norway’s Marte Olsbu Røiseland, who won five biathlon medals at last year’s Olympics, including two individual golds, announced she will retire after this weekend’s season-ending World Cup stop in Oslo.
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