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- Mikaela Shiffrin came into the Olympics with a shot to win five medals.
- The chances of a historic Olympics came to an end when Shiffrin finished fourth in her best event, the slalom, and withdrew from the Super-G.
- Shiffrin explained on social media that she wouldn’t change a thing, saying she is just grateful to be a part of the Olympics and noting that there are things about competing that are more important than winning medals.
Mikaela Shiffrin has already won one gold medal at the Winter Olympics and has a chance to add two more medals, but to many observers her performance so far has been disappointing.
Shiffrin failed to medal in the slalom — her best event — and was forced to withdraw from the Super-G. With just the downhill event on Wednesday and the alpine combined event on Friday to come, the anticipation of a potentially historic Olympics had worn off.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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