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Mikaela Shiffrin: Next race| Super g| Upcoming events
Mikaela Pauline Shiffrin (born March 13, 1995) is an American two-time Olympic gold medalist and World Cup alpine skier. She is a three-time overall World Cup champion, a four-time world champion in slalom and a six-time winner of the World Cup discipline title in that event. At 18 years and 345 days, Shiffrin is the youngest slalom champion in Olympic alpine skiing history
Disciplines | Slalom, Giant slalom, Super-G, Downhill, Combined |
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Club | Burke Mountain Academy |
Born | March 13, 1995 Vail, Colorado, United States |
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Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[2] |
World Cup debut | March 11, 2011 (age 15) |
Olympics | |
Teams | 3 – (2014, 2018, 2022) |
Medals | 3 (2 gold) |
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The sloping part of Mikaela Shiffrin’s hopes there will be a “reset” at the Beijing Olympics – fueled by early mistakes that left her out of race two – began under a cloudless sky with a pair of nearly half-hour trips to the upcoming Super -G down the competition hill during an official training session on Thursday.
Wearing a maroon racing helmet, bright red reflective goggles, and a white racing suit emblazoned with “USA” in blue capital letters, the two-time Olympic gold medalist instead of speed-conserving every time he crossed the finish line. After the first tuck, she paused briefly to chat with two other wrestlers. After a moment, she quickly emerged from the gathering of about a dozen people and was on her way.
It was clear to all present. Less certain right there and then: how Shiffrin is proceeding with her off-the-slope attempt to overcome sudden and surprising exits in her best subjects.
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American star skier Mikaela Shiffrin returned to the slopes on Friday, finishing ninth in the Super-G after one heartbreaking early exit at the Beijing Games.
Gold hopes in the Super-G were muted – she never entered that discipline at the Olympics despite winning a medal at the World Championships – but the 26-year-old was eager for a chance to focus again.
And refocus he did. Shifrin didn’t medal, but fell behind the winner in 1:14:34 – 0.79 – placing her in the top 10 in the 44 women’s field.
Switzerland’s Lara Gut-Behrami took the gold with a timing of 1:13:51, Austria’s Mirjam Puchner took the silver and Switzerland’s Michelle Gisin took the bronze.
“I proved to myself that I can still trust my instincts a little bit, and that’s really huge,” Shiffrin said after his race. “And to all the people who are sending me support, all I can say is: Thank you.”