The Latest Breaking News from Mikaela Shiffrin

The 26-year-old, winner of 73 career World Cup races, missed a gate 11 seconds into her run and failed to finish.

The American is now the third woman in six attempts to repeat as Olympic giant slalom gold medallist while failing to finish their first run

Defending Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin has missed a gate early in the first run of the giant slalom at the Beijing Games on Monday and been disqualified from the event

Defending Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin missed a gate early in the first run of the giant slalom at the Beijing Games and has been disqualified from the event

Shiffrin can set the American record for most Olympic gold medals by an alpine skier.

BEIJING — The downhill track resembles a narrow white river snaking through the Xiaohaituo Mountain Area's windswept brown scrub that extends in all directions.

The skiing prodigy has endured Covid, injury, and the death of her father in recent years. Josh Marcus reports

A US star coping with the weight of expectation, a dual Chinese-American teen soaring to new heights, and some speedy Dutch skaters aiming to make history are some of the storylines to watch during this Winter Olympics.

Two-time Alpine skiing gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin has been thinking a lot about the stress and pressure that gymnast Simone Biles and swimmer Caeleb Dressel discussed during last year's Tokyo Olympics