Mikaela Shiffrin Won the World Despite Losing the Olympics

Mikaela Shiffrin Won the World Despite Losing the Olympic

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Mikaela Shiffrin is used to navigating around curves. The abrupt loss of her father

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a crippling back injury, and a positive COVID-19 test that required her to miss certain World Cup

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competitions were all events that the champion Alpine skier could not have been prepared

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hiffrin was later disqualified from not one, not two, but three events at the 2022 Winter Olympic

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She stumbled in the slalom, her specialty competition, then drifted over to the side

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emoved her skis, and lowered her head as the cameras focused

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Everyone encounters tough times when maintaining a good outlook is challenging and you just need

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Shiffrin hit rock bottom at that same time while standing atop an Olympic peak

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