'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.

Maybe try to re-set better this time but I also don't know how to do better because I just don't. /> The 26-year-old admitted she favoured the giant slalom and slalom events over her remaining individual competitions still to come, and was disappointed not to see all her hard work come to fruition. /> “We came all this way.

We’re not done yet but those were my biggest focuses, so it really feels like a lot of work for nothing,” she added. “(People) will try to say, 'this happens’ and 'it’s OK’ and 'don’t be too hard on yourself’ and all of that, but it is a lot of work for a grand total of five gates in the GS and five gates in the slalom. So that is not lost on me.” Medal table Schedule and results Team GB Speaking to Eurosport, Shiffrin admitted she’d questioned where it all went wrong as she sat next to the track alone in disbelief after her disqualification.