Winter Olympics 2022: Michelle Gisin wins back-to-back combined, Mikaela Shiffrin out again

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Michelle Gisin's second straight Olympic title in the Alpine combined lifted Switzerland's ski team to a record haul in China.

Gisin won Thursday's two-leg race at Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Center, completing her slalom run shortly after Mikaela Shiffrin again skied off course. That gave the Swiss team a fifth Alpine gold medal at the Beijing Games.

No country has even won so many Alpine events at one Winter Games.

"Four years ago I did it with my downhill and this time I did it with my slalom," Gisin said, referring to the two disciplines that make up the combined race. "It’s a pity that Mikaela did not finish. I would love to have battled for gold with her."

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Michelle Gisin of Switzerland celebrates winning the gold medal during the medal ceremony for the women's combined at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing.  (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

The 28-year-old Gisin was 12th after the downhill but was 0.87 faster than anyone else through the falling snow in the slalom. Her combined time was 2 minutes, 25.67 seconds.

"It’s crazy. It’s insane, actually. I wouldn’t have thought that after the downhill," Gisin said. "I thought, I just have to ski the slalom of my life, and I think that was one of the slalom runs of my life."

Gisin, who recovered from illness last year following a diagnosis of mononucleosis in July, beat Switzerland teammate Wendy Holdener by more than a second. Federica Brignone of Italy was third.

"I didn’t take enough risk for the win, because Michelle skied amazing," Holdener said. "But it was also a special situation because I knew Mikaela was out,