Mikaela Shiffrin has shockingly skied out of her second event at the Beijing Olympics, the women’s slalom.
On Wednesday morning in Beijing, Shiffrin had just started her slalom run when she was disqualified after missing a gate merely five seconds in. On Monday, Shiffrin was disqualified from her giant slalom run after she wiped out at the top of the course. Shiffrin was favored in both events, as she was the reigning gold medalist in the giant slalom from 2018.
Both disqualifications are unusual from Shiffrin, who has been known as a pretty mistake-free skier in her career. These Olympics are the first that Shiffrin is without her late father, a loss that she has stated is still pretty “painful” nearly two years later.
