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Once again, Mikaela Shiffrin doesn't finish, calls herself a 'joke'

BEIJING — The final obstacle between Mikaela Shiffrin and a medal was the plunging slalom course called the Ice River.

Los Angeles Times

Mikaela Shiffrin Can’t Explain the Reason For ‘Fantastically Failed’ Olympics

The U.S. alpine skiing star will leave Beijing without an individual medal. While she’s been incredibly candid, she can’t find an explanation for her struggles.

Sports Illustrated

Mikaela Shiffrin feels ‘like a joke’ after third failure to finish at Winter Olympics

The American was targeting five medals at the Games but has just one chance remaining to get on the podium

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Mikaela Shiffrin feels like a ‘joke’ after third failure to finish in Beijing

The American was targeting five medals at the Games but has just one chance remaining to get on the podium.

The Independent UK

Mikaela Shiffrin crashes out of alpine skiing events for third time at Beijing Winter Olympic Games

One of the biggest names at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Mikaela Shiffrin, is left to lament a frustrating Games that ends as it began — with a "mind-boggling" crash in the slalom section of the women's Alpine combined.

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The Independent UK

Russia's Valieva Aims for Second Olympic Title under Doping Cloud

Teenage Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva will attempt to win a second Beijing Olympics title on Thursday in the next chapter of a doping scandal which has overshadowed the Games. The 15-year-old is in pole position after finishing top in Tuesday's first half of the women's singles competition, before the…

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Mikaela Shiffrin's Winter Olympic nightmare continues as she crashes out for third time

Mikaela Shiffrin headed into the women’s combined slalom a strong favourite, but once again crashed out of the event as her nightmare Games in Beijing continued

Daily Mirror

Mikaela Shiffrin’s Olympic nightmare goes on after third failure to finish

Mikaela Shiffrin’s nightmarish Olympics spilled into Thursday when she was unable to complete the slalom leg of the women’s combined

The Guardian - US

Mikaela Shiffrin finishes Olympics with no individual medals

Last chance at medal ends after she skis out of slalom portion of the combined

Chicago Sun-Times

Mikaela Shiffrin fails to finish for 3rd time at Beijing Olympics

Shiffrin has one last chance at an Olympic medal, in the mixed team event.

Axios

Shiffrin 5th after Olympic combined downhill; has medal shot

Mikaela Shiffrin is in position to contend for her first medal of the Beijing Olympics in her fifth and final individual race in China

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics day 13 – as it happened

Kamila Valieva slipped to fourth in figure skating and Team GB secured their first medal on a dramatic day in Beijing

The Guardian - US

Mikaela Shiffrin has yet to medal at Winter Olympics but remains upbeat

BEIJING — The 1.7-mile downhill course plunges through barren brown hillsides, past haggard trees and towering gray rock faces, all transformed by a coating of snow from a storm that passed through a few days earlier.

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The Guardian - US

Winter Olympics day 11: Valieva leads after short program – as it happened

Kamila Valieva took to the ice amid a swirl of controversy and elsewhere there were golds, blunders and much more

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Feeling like a failure? 'Happiness Doctor' offers tips on bouncing back

This year's Olympic games began with two back-to-back mishaps for American Mikaela Shiffrin, widely considered one of the world's top alpine skiers. The two-time gold medalist did not finish either her giant slalom or slalom runs, and showed her devastation by sitting on the hill, with her head in her…

The Independent UK

Shiffrin to race 1st Olympic downhill; no medal thoughts

Mikaela Shiffrin says she will make her Olympic downhill debut at the Beijing Games

The Independent UK

Slalom winner Vlhova leaving Olympics early with ankle issue

Slalom gold medalist Petra Vlhova is leaving the Beijing Olympics early due to an inflamed left ankle tendon and will miss the Alpine combined event in which she would have been a challenger to Mikaela Shiffrin

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Los Angeles Times

Olympic athletes deal with expectations, which leads to crushing pressure

BEIJING — The world’s most famous skier had kicked off her skis and dropped her poles. Sitting alone in the snow, she buried her head in her hands.

The Guardian - UK

Winter Olympics 2022 day eight: skeleton, women’s curling and more – as it happened

Updates from day eight of the winter Games as Jaclyn Narracott took Australia’s first ever medal in skeleton

Sports Illustrated

Super Bowl, Olympics, NBA Trades... And Still No Baseball

The past week was simultaneously an exciting time for sports and a brutal moment to be a baseball fan. At the Winter Olympics, elite athletes Chloe Kim, Nathan Chen and Eileen Gu won gold medals. Mikaela Shiffrin struggled but inspired millions with her perspective and vulnerability. Even though ...

Chicago Sun-Times

Shaun White fails to medal in his final Olympics

Mikaela Shiffrin made it across the finish line of The Rock course on the Alpine hill for the first time in three races in the Beijing Games. She placed ninth in the super-G, well off the pace set by gold medalist Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland.

Sports Illustrated

Mikaela Shiffrin Posts Uplifting Message Following Super-G Olympic Race

Shiffrin did not complete two of the skiing races this week, but finished ninth in the Super-G

The Independent UK

No Olympic medal as Shaun White takes flight for final time

Shaun White’s brilliant and transcendent Olympic career is over

Daily Record

Perth skier Charlie Guest lifts lid on bold future ambitions after competing at second Winter Olympic Games

Guest, 28, finished 21st overall in a slalom race where red-hot favourite Mikaela Shiffrin failed to finish

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