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Reigning world champion Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland broke through for her first Olympic gold medal on Friday in Beijing, winning the women’s alpine skiing super-G while Mikaela Shiffrin finished ninth at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
In a social media post on Friday American skier Mikaela Shiffrin spoke about the “rollercoaster” that is involved when it comes to competing at an Olympics. Shiffrin cut a relieved figure during Friday’s super-G as she came down the track unharmed to finish 9th, a stark contrast to her crashes in both the giant slalom and slalom. Ad/> In her post on Twitter Shiffrin thanked her team and said she would have to “hang on tight” to the rollercoaster, offering advice to others who may be struggling with defeat during the games.
YANQING DISTRICT, Beijing: Plagued by repeated nightmares after a brutally disappointing Beijing Olympics so far, United States skier Mikaela Shiffrin said that she found relief and even fun in skiing the super-G on Friday (Feb 11).
YANQING DISTRICT, Beijing: Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami won the women's super-G at the Beijing Olympics on Friday (Feb 11) with a time of 1:13.51 to end her run of agonising near misses in the event and give her country their first gold in the event.
YANQING, China : Plagued by repeated nightmares after a brutally disappointing Beijing Olympics so far, U.S. skier Mikaela Shiffrin said she found relief and even fun in skiing the super-G on Friday.
Mikaela Shiffrin's smile at the finish was as big as if she had won the race.
Switzerland won their first women’s Olympic super-G with a “spectacular” ski from Lara Gut-Behrami in Beijing. The Swiss also took bronze with Michelle Gisin 0.30 seconds back, while Austria’s Mirjam Puchner took silver 0.22 seconds off the leading pace. Ad/> USA’s Mikaela Shiffrin completed the course following her two DNFs in previous events in Beijing, but was unable to trouble the top three in the super-G, finishing in ninth at 0.79 seconds back.
