Shiffrin Shaken By ‘Letdown’ Of 2 Exits In 2 Olympic Races
Feb 9, 2022, 1:37 AM
Mikaela Shiffrin of Team United States looks on prior to the Women's Slalom Run 1 on day five of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at National Alpine Ski Centre on February 09, 2022 in Yanqing, China. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
(Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
BEIJING (AP) — Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin missed a gate early in the first race of the slalom at the Beijing Games and is out of the event.
It was a quick end to the day for Mikaela Shiffrin just like in her first Olympic race in Beijing, the giant slalom.
The American skidded off balance about five seconds into Wednesday’s slalom, an event she won at the 2014 Sochi Games.
Shiffrin sat on the side of the hill and bowed her head. She lasted about 10 seconds on Monday in the giant slalom.
She was the defending champion in that event. Shiffrin’s next race could be the super-G on Friday.
Although immediately after her slalom mishap, she made it sound as if she might skip that race.
Mikaela Shiffrin's slalom stats. 💯@TeamUSA x #WinterOlympics pic.twitter.com/6ETFOqtvUn
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 9, 2022
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