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La Velle E. Neal III

La Velle E. Neal III: At ‘full gas,’ Mikaela Shiffrin comes down to earth at the Beijing Olympics

BEIJING — The plan was to be aggressive. Go hard, go fast. And who is going to argue with star skier Mikaela Shiffrin about that strategy?

Shiffrin is a two-time gold medal winner at the Olympics who also has racked up 47 World Cup wins in the slalom, a record.

Hard-wired for success. Calibrated for award ceremonies. The face of various Olympics ad campaigns.

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