Mikaela Shiffrin may not continue competing in Beijing after slalom crash
Mikaela Shiffrin cast doubt on her continued quest to win multiple medals at the Beijing Olympics after crashing out of the women’s slalom at Yanqing on Wednesday.
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'What’s the point?' - Mikaela Shiffrin hints at early Winter Olympics exit after crashing out of slalom
Mikaela Shiffrin has hinted she is considering her participation in the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, after crashing out in the first round of the giant slalom before doing likewise in her opening slalom run on Wednesday. The four-time world champion — and three-time overall World Cup winner — has hinted at an early Olympics exit, casting doubt on her remaining events which include the super-G, the downhill and the alpine combined. Ad/> Speaking after her DNF finish, she said: «If I am going to ski out on the fifth gate, what's the point? /> Beijing 2022‘I have definitely been better’ – Shiffrin questions mentality after slalom blunderAN HOUR AGO »I will try to re-set again.
World reacts to Winter Olympics’ most heartbreaking scene as champ crashes out again
Winter Olympics champion Mikaela Shiffrin has suffered a hammer blow at Beijing 2022 after crashing out early for the second straight event.
Olympics-Alpine skiing-Tearful Shiffrin questions if she should race further in Beijing
By Simon Jennings and Shadia Nasralla
Alpine skiing-Tearful Shiffrin questions if she should race further in Beijing
YANQING, China : A tearful Mikaela Shiffrin questioned whether she could pick herself up and return to competition at the Winter Olympics after skiing out of the slalom on Wednesday and failing to finish for the second race in a row.
JUEGOS DE INVIERNO Tsunami en el esquí femenino
Cinco segundos en pista… Mikaela Shiffrin de nuevo fuera. Eliminada en la primera manga del eslalon, tras salirse de la línea, Adiós también a la combinada. La leyenda estadounidenses de 26 años, campeona olímpica en Sochi (eslalon) y Pyeongchang (gigante), se quedaba sin metal en Pekín, Juegos a los que venía decidida a llevarse tres medallas de oro para aumentar su botín total de preseas a seis (fue plata en combinada en Corea. Sin embargo, la esquiadora de Colorado se va de vacío y con la sensación de fracaso ya que ni siquiera ha sido capaz de finalizar una manga en la capital de China.
Winter Olympics 2022 - ‘Doubly wrong!’ – Mikaela Shiffrin has ‘absolute nightmare’ as she crashes out again
Mikaela Shiffrin crashed out on run 1 of the slalom just days after she suffered the same fate in the giant slalom. The US superstar – a gold medallist in the slalom at Sochi 2014 – crashed out just five gates in to her run in remarkably similar circumstances to events during the giant slalom. Ad/> “She's gone again [and it is] the same mistake,” began Nick Fellows on commentary.
Winter Olympics: American favourite Mikaela Shiffrin skis out of women's slalom
American pre-Games favourite Mikaela Shiffrin feels «pretty low right now» after her terrible start to Beijing 2022 continued when she failed to finish her second race in a row.