Mikaela Shiffrin out early in second race in a row
By Jordan Freiman, matthew tursiMikaela Shiffrin, of the United States sits on the side of the course after skiing out in the first run of the women's slalom at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, February 9, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing., bowing out early from her second straight-race on Wednesday.
Shiffrin missed the fourth gate in the slalom event, disqualifying her from the race. After the mistake, the 26-year-old skied off to the side of the course and sat down in the snow for an extended period of time. "I was pushing out of the start. I had full intentions of skiing as hard as I could," she said following the race."I slipped up a little bit on one turn and I just didn't give myself room to make any kind of error like that. I was planning to go on the most aggressive line, the most challenging line to ski."
Speaking on camera after the race, the 26-year-old said she was still processing"pretty much everything." "Makes me second guess the last 15 years," she said."Everything I thought I knew about my own skiing and slalom and racing mentality. Just processing a lot.""It ended before it even started," one said, with another calling it"beyond shocking."On Monday, Shiffrin also crashed out early in her first event, the giant slalom.