Mikaela Shiffrin’s struggles may be the most shocking results of the Beijing Olympics so far, and no one seems more stunned by it than her.
She needed a moment to gather herself following another disheartening result, sitting in the snow to the side of the women’s slalom course at the Yanqing Alpine Skiing Center. Even with the 26-year-old still on the hill, competition moved right along with 81 more skiers set to make their first run.. She eventually made her way down the hill, and was visibly shocked and seemingly at a loss for words to describe her performance.
“I think I just slipped,” an emotional Shiffrin said. “I mean, I had every intention to go full gas, and there wasn’t really space in the course to, I don’t know, to slip even, not even a little. I didn’t give myself space for that. In my experience, that mentality has brought my best skiing. Today I went out on the fifth gate. So yeah.Download our local news and weather app for
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