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- French Alpine skier Mathieu Faivre was sent home from the Winter Olympics for critical comments of his team.
- After finishing seventh, behind three teammates, Mathieu, who dates Mikaela Shiffrin, said he only cared about his own result, which he called “a slap in the face.”
- Mathieu later said in an Instagram post that he was caught up in the heat of the moment.
French Alpine skier Mathieu Faivre was sent home from the Winter Olympics for critical comments following the men’s giant slalom event.
Faivre, who is also dating U.S. skier Mikaela Shiffrin, finished seventh, with three of his countryman finishing ahead of him.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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