American Mikaela Shiffrin's run at Olympic Games comes to an anticlimactic end without a medal

Mikaela Shiffrin's 2022 Olympic Games came to an anticlimactic and devastating end on Sunday in the bronze-medal race of the wind-delayed mixed team parallel event.

Shiffrin had been hoping to salvage her disappointing time in Beijing with one final shot at a medal as part of the American team, which also included Paula Moltzan, River Radamus and Tommy Ford, in the last alpine event, but instead the squad lost to Norway in a tiebreak.

Still, Shiffrin remained positive after the race, and praised her teammates in a joint interview after the race.

«I would say that my teammates are what carried me through this Olympics,» Shiffrin said NBC. «Today I have to emphasize, and I don't think you can emphasize it enough, how unbelievable it is for us to be here and be in the hunt for a medal. I get that people will say we came up short but the thing is, to have this depth on our team, coming from the U.S., competing in a European-dominated sport, coming here and having all of us, these guys skiing so strongly ...

»It's just been incredible to compete today to compete with you guys after a long Olympics. It's my absolute favorite memories and I just want to thank you for that."

Already one of the most decorated skiers in history and the owner of three previous Olympic medals, the 26-year-old was expected to win multiple medals at the Games and had expressed her hope to compete in all five individual disciplines. While she was able to participate in every event, not much else went to plan. Shiffrin recorded uncharacteristic «Did Not Finish» results in the grand slalom, slalom and combined races, and finished in ninth in the super-G and 18th in the downhill. Had she won one medal, she would have tied her with Julia Mancuso for the