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Mikaela Shiffrin's wait for third Olympic gold to continue after crashing out of giant slalom at Beijing Winter Olympics

Mikaela Shiffrin, one of America's biggest hopes for Winter Olympic glory in alpine skiing, says she will «never get over» crashing out of the women's giant slalom on Monday.

Team India Report Card, 1st ODI vs West Indies: Bowlers, Rohit Sharma Shine In Impressive Win

India returned to winning ways after a disappointing South Africa tour with an impressive six-wicket win over the West Indies in the opening ODI of the three-match series in Ahmedabad on Sunday. After winning the toss and opting to field, Indian bowlers dominated proceedings and ran through the visitors' top order. Yuzvendra Chahal (4/49), Washington Sundar (3/30), Prasidh Krishna (2/29) and Mohammed Siraj (1/26) were in fine form as West Indies struggled to get going after being put into bat. On a spin-friendly pitch, Sundar and Chahal piled on the pressure on the visiting side and put India on the path to victory. In the chase, skipper Rohit Sharma built the foundation for a comfortable win for India.

India vs West Indies: Slow and steady works for Yuzvendra Chahal

Yuzvendra Chahal was left out of the T20 World Cup squad in favour of Rahul Chahar, the ostensible reason given for his exclusion was the slower speed that he bowled at. "You want a spinner who can bowl with more speed. Recently we have seen Rahul Chahar bowling with speed. Our view was we need a spinner who can find the grip off the surface at a quicker speed and while we had a lot of discussion on Chahal, we eventually went with Rahul Chahar." These were chief selector and former India pacer Chetan Sharma's words.