The BulleTin • Friday, FeBruary 19, 2021 B5
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021
TODAY
SATURDAY
TONIGHT
HIGH
42°
LOW
26°
Cloudy with snow showers
this afternoon
A bit of morning snow;
otherwise, cloudy
ALMANAC
MONDAY
51°
34°
43°
30°
Cloudy with intermittent
snow late, 1-3"
TUESDAY
55°
29°
Cloudy, rain and drizzle in
the afternoon
WEDNESDAY
43°
30°
Breezy in the morning;
otherwise, cloudy
A couple of showers
possible
OREGON WEATHER
Bend Municipal Airport through 5 p.m. yest.
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday Normal
Record
41°
45° 68° in 1920
27°
24°
0° in 1955
High
Low
SUNDAY
PRECIPITATION
24 hours through 5 p.m. yesterday
Trace
Record
1.00" in 1983
Month to date (normal)
0.28" (0.73")
Year to date (normal)
0.94" (2.26")
Barometric pressure at 4 p.m.
30.02"
SUN, MOON AND PLANETS
Rise/Set
Today
Sat.
Sun
6:58am/5:40pm 6:57am/5:42pm
Moon 10:46am/12:57am 11:18am/2:00am
Mercury 5:54am/4:00pm 5:51am/3:55pm
Venus
6:44am/4:51pm 6:44am/4:54pm
Mars
10:02am/12:52am 10:00am/12:51am
Jupiter
6:19am/4:08pm 6:16am/4:06pm
Saturn
5:59am/3:32pm 5:55am/3:29pm
Uranus 9:32am/11:26pm 9:28am/11:22pm
First
Full
Last
New
Feb 19
Feb 27
Mar 5
Mar 13
Tonight's sky: Nicolas Copernicus' birthday
(1473). First quarter moon (10:48 a.m.).
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
UV INDEX TODAY
10 a.m.
Noon
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
1
1
1
0
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index ™ number,
the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low,
3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme.
ROAD CONDITONS
For web cameras of our passes, go to
www.bendbulletin.com/webcams
I-84 at Cabbage Hill: A couple of rain or snow
showers today into tonight.
US 20 at Santiam Pass: Chilly today with
periods of snow, expect 3-6 inches.
US 26 at Gov't Camp: Snow today, totaling
2-4 inches. Additional snow tonight.
US 26 at Ochoco Divide: Cloudy and chilly, a
period of snow this afternoon.
ORE 58 at Willamette Pass: Chilly today
with snow at times, accumulating 1-3 inches.
Additional snow and fl urries tonight.
ORE 138 at Diamond Lake: Cloudy today with
snow, accumulating up to an inch; cold.
SKI REPORT
EAST: Rather cloudy
with a period of snow
in the late afternoon
and evening, totaling
1-2 inches.
Seaside
46/38
Cannon Beach
46/39
Hood
River
NATIONAL WEATHER
0s
10s
20s
30s
40s
50s
60s
70s
80s
90s
100s
110s
NATIONAL
EXTREMES
YESTERDAY (for the
T-storms
Yesterday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec.
Abilene
25/12/Tr
Akron
30/19/0.09
Albany
24/18/0.02
Albuquerque
40/23/0.06
Anchorage
31/24/0.05
Atlanta
44/39/0.77
Atlantic City
39/28/0.66
Austin
32/27/Tr
Baltimore
31/27/0.45
Billings
26/7/0.01
Birmingham
47/37/1.74
Bismarck
19/4/0.02
Boise
37/20/0.00
Boston
31/24/0.12
Bridgeport, CT 29/26/0.32
Buffalo
27/18/0.03
Burlington, VT
25/9/0.00
Caribou, ME
20/-5/0.00
Charleston, SC 53/48/0.23
Charlotte
38/33/0.59
Chattanooga
45/34/1.38
Cheyenne
26/12/Tr
Chicago
26/17/0.04
Cincinnati
28/20/0.11
Cleveland
27/19/0.13
Colorado Springs 23/11/0.17
Columbia, MO
22/1/Tr
Columbia, SC
43/41/1.24
Columbus, GA
49/45/0.70
Columbus, OH
30/21/0.13
Concord, NH
27/13/Tr
Corpus Christi
48/32/0.01
Dallas
31/24/0.00
Dayton
26/19/0.11
Denver
33/14/0.06
Des Moines
21/2/0.01
Detroit
25/15/0.06
Duluth
15/8/0.04
El Paso
50/33/0.00
Fairbanks
5/-6/0.13
Fargo
16/-10/0.03
Flagstaff
38/15/Tr
Grand Rapids
23/6/0.02
Green Bay
26/7/Tr
Greensboro
33/30/0.82
Harrisburg
28/24/0.31
Hartford, CT
26/21/0.10
Helena
25/12/0.00
Honolulu
80/71/0.05
Houston
40/31/0.00
Huntsville
37/30/1.06
Indianapolis
25/17/0.13
Jackson, MS
32/28/0.25
Jacksonville
86/52/0.00
Today
Hi/Lo/W
46/29/s
27/10/sf
31/19/sn
43/27/s
12/-2/pc
48/27/pc
37/31/r
40/20/s
39/24/sn
37/23/c
43/21/s
28/13/pc
39/26/c
34/27/sn
36/28/sn
30/18/sn
30/19/sn
19/7/c
46/33/r
48/26/r
45/22/pc
36/18/pc
21/5/c
26/7/c
26/11/sf
44/17/s
30/16/pc
47/28/r
52/28/s
26/8/c
30/22/sn
49/30/s
36/23/s
24/7/c
44/22/pc
23/13/s
28/11/sf
17/-3/pc
56/35/s
-11/-29/pc
16/5/s
50/25/s
26/13/sf
21/1/c
45/23/r
39/24/sf
33/24/sn
40/20/pc
80/71/sh
45/26/s
35/16/c
22/7/pc
38/18/s
64/37/r
Amsterdam
Athens
Auckland
Baghdad
Bangkok
Beijing
Beirut
Berlin
Bogota
Budapest
Buenos Aires
Cabo San Lucas
Cairo
Calgary
Cancun
Dublin
Edinburgh
Geneva
Harare
Hong Kong
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Johannesburg
Lima
Lisbon
London
Madrid
Manila
50/47/c
60/44/pc
75/58/s
64/44/s
90/71/s
59/19/pc
57/50/sh
48/34/sh
62/46/t
45/34/c
80/62/pc
76/56/s
64/47/c
35/18/c
85/70/t
54/46/r
52/47/r
58/37/pc
81/62/t
72/63/s
41/30/pc
46/39/sh
85/62/c
76/67/pc
61/56/pc
51/50/sh
63/41/s
82/71/pc
Saturday
Hi/Lo/W
54/39/s
23/9/c
30/13/c
55/29/s
10/-2/pc
52/31/s
34/26/pc
50/38/s
35/18/s
33/22/pc
52/30/s
39/18/pc
38/22/pc
34/21/c
37/21/pc
26/12/sf
28/12/c
22/8/sf
51/32/s
48/25/s
48/26/s
39/16/sf
26/19/pc
30/17/pc
22/11/pc
45/19/pc
38/29/pc
50/28/s
57/32/s
23/13/pc
31/15/c
62/50/s
46/35/s
25/15/c
45/19/pc
29/25/pc
27/8/pc
20/12/s
68/45/s
-3/-29/s
25/18/c
46/17/s
25/13/c
21/9/pc
42/22/s
33/16/pc
33/18/pc
35/24/sh
81/71/sh
55/45/pc
44/25/s
29/18/pc
51/32/s
57/38/s
City
Juneau
Kansas City
Lansing
Las Vegas
Lexington
Lincoln
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Louisville
Madison, WI
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Newark, NJ
Norfolk, VA
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Orlando
Palm Springs
Peoria
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Richmond
Rochester, NY
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Fe
Savannah
Seattle
Sioux Falls
Spokane
Springfi eld, MO
Tampa
Tucson
Tulsa
Washington, DC
Wichita
Yakima
Yuma
Yesterday
Hi/Lo/Prec.
39/31/0.04
27/4/0.03
22/6/0.03
56/42/0.00
29/22/0.12
25/8/0.00
32/20/0.12
69/47/0.00
32/23/0.17
25/4/Tr
29/22/0.07
85/75/0.00
27/17/Tr
16/7/0.06
31/28/0.23
47/39/1.11
28/24/0.35
28/24/0.32
42/34/0.85
25/0/0.00
23/9/0.02
87/63/0.02
70/50/0.00
23/10/0.07
30/25/0.53
66/44/0.00
29/22/0.11
26/15/0.00
30/24/0.08
36/32/0.78
20/0/0.00
41/21/Tr
33/30/0.59
25/17/0.05
61/34/0.00
25/14/0.01
36/19/Tr
32/29/0.12
69/46/0.00
65/43/0.00
68/37/0.00
36/20/0.07
64/50/0.07
45/37/0.09
20/-3/0.02
29/11/Tr
22/12/0.01
82/68/0.00
62/38/0.00
27/2/0.00
32/27/0.42
30/4/0.00
34/21/0.04
68/51/0.00
Today
Hi/Lo/W
40/30/sn
34/21/pc
27/10/sf
63/43/s
26/8/c
27/13/pc
33/16/s
71/49/s
29/10/pc
19/1/c
29/12/s
85/64/pc
22/6/c
18/3/pc
32/15/pc
50/35/s
34/26/sn
35/26/sn
40/31/r
33/17/s
25/16/s
80/48/t
74/53/s
21/11/pc
36/26/sn
72/47/s
28/15/sf
30/22/sn
36/26/sn
41/24/r
28/14/c
55/34/c
39/23/i
31/20/sn
58/44/pc
28/15/pc
44/35/sn
45/26/s
68/51/s
59/50/pc
62/47/r
40/21/s
50/36/r
47/39/r
21/8/s
33/27/sn
32/17/pc
73/48/sh
73/46/s
35/20/pc
40/26/sn
31/19/pc
40/23/pc
73/45/s
Saturday
Hi/Lo/W
38/35/c
38/31/pc
26/10/c
64/42/pc
31/17/pc
33/24/pc
41/28/s
70/50/s
35/20/pc
23/15/pc
39/29/s
75/66/s
24/19/pc
23/19/c
39/23/s
58/46/s
35/21/pc
35/20/pc
39/28/s
38/32/pc
32/25/pc
66/50/s
79/51/s
27/21/pc
34/19/pc
77/47/s
23/10/sf
33/18/c
36/21/c
43/23/s
34/17/pc
46/27/sf
38/20/s
27/14/sf
61/38/pc
37/25/pc
38/26/c
56/41/s
63/50/pc
60/46/pc
61/40/pc
48/22/s
56/35/s
48/43/sh
28/22/pc
32/29/c
40/30/pc
67/50/s
81/42/s
40/34/s
36/21/s
36/29/pc
45/31/pc
79/49/s
76/62/0.02
82/47/0.00
23/3/0.00
9/-4/0.00
84/60/0.00
82/73/0.01
79/57/0.00
45/28/0.04
29/23/0.34
23/1/0.00
51/45/0.22
84/73/0.03
57/44/0.00
81/54/0.00
86/66/0.01
34/27/0.19
32/13/0.00
49/29/0.00
88/75/0.00
30/19/0.00
75/61/0.12
64/55/0.00
58/45/0.57
48/33/0.00
25/16/0.08
43/36/0.12
52/39/0.00
28/15/0.02
80/59/s
72/44/s
24/18/sn
9/-6/s
84/58/pc
83/72/pc
80/55/pc
49/40/pc
38/29/sh
23/14/sn
56/46/pc
83/74/t
59/45/pc
82/56/s
83/65/t
36/30/c
49/35/s
65/45/s
86/77/c
35/32/sh
77/70/sh
70/50/s
57/50/sh
54/41/s
29/14/sn
44/38/sh
47/33/pc
38/33/sh
80/59/s
74/48/s
27/7/c
13/4/pc
82/61/pc
79/69/sh
81/56/pc
60/50/c
41/36/sh
25/4/c
63/46/pc
82/73/t
60/42/s
83/54/s
80/64/pc
40/24/c
54/37/s
74/49/s
88/77/pc
38/35/c
79/70/sh
76/53/pc
60/46/pc
61/49/s
28/8/sf
45/41/c
46/39/pc
39/29/c
INTERNATIONAL
48 contiguous states)
National high: 90°
at Immokalee, FL
National low: -37°
at Ely, MN
Precipitation: 2.89"
at Walterboro, SC
In inches as of 5 p.m. yesterday
Ski resort
New snow
Base
Anthony Lakes Mtn
0
0-48
Hoodoo Ski Area
0
0-85
Mt. Ashland
4
60-62
Mt. Bachelor
6
112-118
Mt. Hood Meadows
0
130-172
Mt. Hood Ski Bowl
0
54-73
Timberline Lodge
0
0-150
Willamette Pass
14
0-60
Aspen / Snowmass, CO
3
44-60
Mammoth Mtn. Ski, CA
0
70-115
Squaw Valley, CA
0
0-124
Park City Mountain, UT
2
60-70
Sun Valley, ID
0
87-104
A bit of snow and sleet in
the morning
NATIONAL
Yesterday
Today Saturday
Yesterday
Today Saturday
Yesterday
Today Saturday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Astoria
50/39/0.06 47/37/r
47/43/c
La Grande
33/15/Tr
40/27/sf 38/28/sf
Portland
42/38/0.17 49/39/r
50/43/sh
Baker City
34/15/0.02 38/25/c 38/23/sf
La Pine
33/20/Trace 39/23/sf 37/23/c
Prineville
39/23/0.05 42/24/sf 37/27/sn
Brookings
48/42/0.72 48/41/r
50/40/sh
Medford
45/39/0.30 48/38/sh 49/35/sh
Redmond
42/24/0.03 43/24/sf 44/27/sn
Roseburg
49/40/0.33 49/40/r
48/38/sh
Burns
35/16/0.10 39/20/sn 37/20/sn
Newport
46/41/0.40 47/39/r
47/43/sh
Eugene
49/40/0.38 49/39/r
50/40/c
North Bend
52/44/0.59 49/42/r
51/43/sh
Salem
46/37/0.36 48/38/r
49/40/c
Klamath Falls
35/22/0.27 41/25/sh 40/22/c
Ontario
33/16/Tr
39/25/c 41/23/c
Sisters
36/23/0.12 43/25/sf 43/30/c
Lakeview
34/12/0.06 39/24/c 39/18/sn
Pendleton
35/20/0.07 39/30/pc 40/35/c
The Dalles
36/31/0.06 42/33/c 46/36/c
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, Tr-trace, Yesterday data as of 5 p.m. yesterday
-0s
A couple of showers
possible
49°
28°
TRAVEL WEATHER
Umatilla
44/31
Rufus
Hermiston
43/33
45/32
42/32
Arlington
Hillsboro Portland
Meacham Lostine
44/33
49/35 49/39
38/25
Wasco
39/25 Enterprise
Pendleton
The Dalles
CENTRAL: Cloudy with Tillamook
38/22
39/29
39/30
Sandy
42/33
McMinnville
48/39
a period of rain and
Joseph
Heppner
La
Grande
46/39
Maupin
Government
50/37
snow in the afternoon
40/27
38/22
Camp
40/27 Condon 41/31
Union
Lincoln City
and at night Rain
39/28
35/30
39/27
Salem
47/41
Spray
and snow showers
Granite
Warm Springs
48/38
Madras
44/27
Albany
36/25
Saturday.
Newport
Baker City
41/24
43/26
Mitchell
47/39
49/37
38/25
WEST: Areas of fog
Camp Sherman
41/26
Redmond
Corvallis
John
Yachats
Unity
and occasional rain
42/27
43/24
49/37
Day
Prineville
47/41
40/25
today into tonight.
Ontario
Sisters
42/24
Paulina
42/26
39/25
Rather cloudy Sat-
Florence
Eugene 43/25
Bend Brothers 39/23
Vale
urday with lingering
49/42
49/39
42/26
38/23
Sunriver
40/23
showers.
Nyssa
40/23
Hampton
Cottage
La Pine
41/25
Juntura
Oakridge
Grove
39/23
39/22
OREGON EXTREMES Coos Bay
Burns
42/24
44/35
49/40
Fort
Rock
49/41
39/20
Riley
YESTERDAY
Crescent
43/25
40/20
High: 52°
39/24
Bandon
Roseburg
Christmas Valley
Jordan Valley
at North Bend
Beaver
Frenchglen
Silver
49/42
49/40
43/26
39/23
Low: 4°
Marsh
Lake
42/23
Port Orford
38/21
43/25
at Meacham
Grants
Burns Junction
Paisley
50/43
Pass
47/27
Chiloquin
44/27
48/40
Rome
Medford
41/26
Gold Beach
48/38
48/27
49/43
Klamath
Fields
Ashland
McDermitt
Lakeview
Falls
Brookings
44/26
47/37
41/25
40/22
48/41
39/24
-10s
45°
29°
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Astoria
47/37
THURSDAY
Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
Rain
Showers
Snow
Flurries
Ice
Warm Front
Stationary Front
Cold Front
Source: OnTheSnow.com
52/45/0.71
57/34/0.00
72/54/0.00
61/51/0.00
90/75/0.00
45/15/0.00
55/45/0.30
51/36/0.00
70/49/0.27
54/36/0.00
82/68/0.00
73/54/0.00
63/48/0.00
25/3/Tr
86/79/0.00
46/36/0.11
46/44/0.03
54/30/0.00
78/59/0.09
73/62/0.00
41/30/0.07
44/32/0.35
83/61/0.00
80/66/0.00
62/54/0.15
50/46/0.13
63/36/0.00
86/75/0.00
60/48/pc
60/47/s
76/58/s
63/43/pc
91/69/s
54/25/pc
59/48/pc
53/38/pc
66/47/t
46/33/pc
76/68/s
75/56/s
65/47/pc
36/20/s
75/69/c
53/42/r
55/44/c
57/36/s
79/64/t
73/63/pc
43/37/c
48/36/pc
85/63/pc
76/67/c
59/49/r
58/50/c
66/48/pc
81/72/c
Mecca
Mexico City
Montreal
Moscow
Nairobi
Nassau
New Delhi
Osaka
Oslo
Ottawa
Paris
Rio de Janeiro
Rome
Santiago
Sao Paulo
Sapporo
Seoul
Shanghai
Singapore
Stockholm
Sydney
Taipei City
Tel Aviv
Tokyo
Toronto
Vancouver
Vienna
Warsaw
WORLD CUP SKIING | WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Gut-Behrami edges Shiffrin in giant slalom
BY ERIC WILLEMSEN
Associated Press
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO,
Italy — After going her entire
career without a major champi-
onship title, Lara Gut-Behrami
added a second gold medal to
her burgeoning collection from
this year’s skiing world champi-
onships.
Mikaela Shiffrin, meanwhile,
earned a silver medal to give
her one of each color — and
with her best event still to come.
Gut-Behrami edged Shiffrin
for gold in the giant slalom on
Thursday, making up a deficit
on the first-run leader with a
blistering final leg to beat the
American by two-hundredths
of a second.
After Shiffrin had completed
her run, Gut-Behrami hugged
the American and stormed
through the finish area to cele-
brate with her coaches.
“GS has always been so im-
portant for me in my entire
career,” the Swiss skier said.
“I always knew that if I’m ski-
ing well in GS then it’s easy to
be fast even in the other disci-
plines.”
However, Gut has been
struggling in GS in recent years
and failed to win a race in the
discipline since triumphing in
the season-opening World Cup
race in 2016.
“This year I was coming back
step by step,” she said. “Coming
to the finish line, I had already
on my mind it’s the first time
I’m winning a medal in GS. To
win the gold here is unbeliev-
able.”
Katharina Liensberger of
Austria was 0.09 behind in
third in what was the closest
finish ever of a women’s giant
slalom at the worlds. American
skier Nina O’Brien was 0.02 be-
hind in second after the open-
ing run but dropped to 10th
after a costly mistake shortly
before finishing her final run.
Gut-Behrami became the
first GS world champion from
Switzerland since Sonja Nef
won the title 20 years ago.
Gut-Behrami also won gold in
the super-G and bronze in the
downhill at this year’s worlds.
Shiffrin extended her Ameri-
can record with her 10th career
medal at worlds. She won the
combined event on Monday
and took bronze in the super-G
a week ago.
Shiffrin dropped 0.14 sec-
onds behind Gut-Behrami half-
way through her final run but
made up time in the flat final
section. Settling for silver, she
said she was still “happy.”
“The first thing I saw was the
red, but I felt good with my ski-
ing. I was pushing. It was not a
perfect run, but it was aggres-
sive,” said Shiffrin, who has now
won 10 medals from 12 events
at the worlds since her debut in
2013.
“I have never been shoot-
Tennis
Continued from B3
Osaka often speaks about
wanting more consistency,
whether that’s at lower-level
WTA tournaments or at every
Grand Slam event.
She does occasionally stum-
ble early at the majors, such as
a third-round exit a year ago
as the defending champion in
Australia or a first-round loss
at Wimbledon in 2019.
But once she gets close to
the end, she seals the deal.
“For me, I have this men-
tality that people don’t re-
member the runners-up. You
might, but the winner’s name
is the one that’s engraved,” ex-
plained Osaka, who was born
in Japan to a Japanese mother
and Haitian father before the
family moved to New York
when she was 3.
“I think I fight the hardest
in the finals,” she continued. “I
think that’s where you sort of
set yourself apart.”
Williams had been 8-0 in
Australian Open semifinals
Hamish Blair/AP
Jen Brady hits a return to Karolina Muchova during their semifinal
match at the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, on Thursday.
until Osaka put a stop to that
by winning 6-3, 6-4, reeling
off the last eight points of the
match after the second set was
even at 4-all.
When they hugged at the
net at the end, this is what went
through Osaka’s mind: “Always
a surreal moment, just to see
her in real life, like, close up.”
Osaka has long viewed Wil-
liams, 39, as an idol.
Their games are quite sim-
ilar at the most foundational
level: speedy serves, dangerous
forehands and that steely atti-
tude on court.
Brady got a sense of that
during the entertaining
matchup in New York last year
against Osaka.
“She just puts a lot of pres-
sure on you to serve well, be-
cause she’s holding serve in,
like, 45 seconds. … She’s com-
ing at you with a lot of power,
so it also puts a lot of pressure
on you to be aggressive and
try to get the first strike. Oth-
erwise you’re the one running,
ing for a number of medals or
those records or something,”
she said. “Just every time I race,
I want to win.”
Shiffrin has a shot at another
medal on Saturday, when she
aims for her fifth straight sla-
lom title.
“This world champs has
been really nice,” she said. “I am
having three medals now go-
ing into the final race where for
sure I have another chance but
it has already been incredibly
successful.”
Approaching her best ca-
reer result, O’Brien overcame a
scare in between runs when her
skis initially failed the standard
equipment test by organizers.
The International Ski Feder-
ation checks ski size and setup
after each run based on strict
rules. Racers whose skis don’t
meet the criteria are disquali-
fied.
Andreas Krönner, the techni-
cal operations manager of FIS,
and I don’t want to be run-
ning,” said Brady, a 25-year-old
from Pennsylvania who played
college tennis at UCLA.
Brady acknowledged that
she expects to deal with some
nerves against Osaka this time.
That’s only natural, given
the stakes.
The key will be limiting
how much — and for how
long — that affects her play.
“Listen, I don’t know how
I’m going to feel on Satur-
day. I can say I can enjoy the
moment and just try to play
tennis and not really think
too much about it. But there’s
going to be moments, there’s
going to be games, there’s go-
ing to be points, where I’m
going to be thinking about,
‘Wow, this could be my first
Grand Slam title,’” said Brady,
who needed five match points
in the last game to close her
three-set semifinal win over
Karolina Muchova.
“Yeah, I will definitely have
those thoughts,” she said. “But
it’s more just trying to control
the emotions, really.”
Marco Tacca/AP
Gold medalist Lara Gut-Behrami, left, embraces silver medalist Mikaela
Shiffrin after the giant slalom at the World Championships in Cortina
d’Ampezzo, Italy, on Thursday.
said “there was an issue with
plate in the binding” on one of
O’Brien’s skis, which exceeded
the allowed height by a mere
0.1 millimeters.
However, according to Krön-
ner, the plate was “slightly
loose” and could be moved
within the tolerance, which al-
lowed O’Brien to start in the
final run.
O’Brien seemed on course
for a medal but lost control of
her left ski when she caught a
bump with the finish in sight.
“I’m a little disappointed that
I made that mistake at the bot-
tom,” O’Brien said. “I felt like
(the second run) was a little bit
wild from the beginning. I just
went for it today and it seemed
to work out first run.”
Prep sports
“They opened up a pathway
for the contact sports with a
lot of things in place on top
of the protocols that we have
been adhering to for seven,
eight, nine months.”
Continued from B3
“We aren’t going to have
spectators for the time being at
any of our events. We will re-
evaluate that as time goes on
and as county levels change.”
Aside from orchestrating
a return to athletic competi-
tion during a pandemic, Wil-
liams will be taking over as
athletic director at Caldera
High School, the new school
in Bend that will open this fall.
The fourth Bend high school’s
sports facilities are nearly com-
plete. Now the focus turns
to getting the Caldera High
athletic programs fitted with
coaches.
The jobs present a unique
opportunity for the incoming
coaches, Williams said. Be-
cause the school is starting with
just sophomore and freshman
classes, the athletic teams, while
— Dave Williams, the athletic
director of Bend-La Pine Schools
playing a varsity schedule, will
play against lower-classification
programs in team sports.
“We are going to hire coaches
to run these programs to varsity
standards,” Williams said. “We
are looking at opportunities
for kids to come in and be with
varsity coaches for three to four
years. So that is a cool opportu-
nity to come in with and work
with the entire program.”
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