Winter Olympics 2022 – Mikaela Shiffrin out of her second race, Lindsey

In a shocking moment on the slopes Wednesday in Beijing, Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin got a DNF in the second race in a row. The American superstar skidded out of control about five seconds into the opening run of the slalom and is out of the event.

In a wild night in snowboard competition, Lindsey Jacobellis won gold in her fifth Olympics in snowboardcross, while Chloe Kim and Shaun White qualified into halfpipe finals.

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Shiffrin gets a DNF, again

Mikaela Shiffrin’s Olympic woes continued on Wednesday as she recorded her second consecutive “Did Not Finish.” Just two days after skiing out in the opening run of the grand slalom, the 26-year-old American had another costly mistake and lasted just five seconds on the course in the first run of the slalom competition.

A clearly stunned Shiffrin sat on the side of the course with her head in her hands for about 20 minutes following the disappointing result.

Gutted for @MikaelaShiffrin but this does not take away from her storied career and what she can and will accomplish going forward. Keep your head high ❤️ pic.twitter.com/fSgqSii0JA

— lindsey vonn (@lindseyvonn) February 9, 2022

Shiffrin is hoping to make history in Beijing by winning at least one Olympic gold medal, which would give her the most ever by an American Alpine skier. Another medal of any kind would tie her for the most decorated Olympic woman skier from the United States. She still has three more chances to do just that, starting with Friday’s super-G competition. — D’Arcy Maine

A heartbreaking DNF for @MikaelaShiffrin. She is ok, but disappointed. 🙏 #olympics #AlpineSkiing

— U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team (@usskiteam) February 9, 2022

What’s next for Shiffrin?

After her second straight disappointing DNF result in the slalom, an emotional Shiffrin left some doubt as to the rest of her race schedule throughout the Olympics.

Shiffrin is currently expected to participate in the super-G race on Friday, and then the downhill and combined competitions on Tuesday and Thursday of next week, but when asked if she was still “up to compete” in the remaining events, she wasn’t certain.

“Yeah,” she said before pausing. “I mean no. I’ll try to reset again, and maybe try to reset better this time. But I also don’t know how to do it better because I’ve never been in this position before and I don’t know how to handle it.

“The hill and the ski track looks pretty incredible and I think it will be a pleasure to ski but I also have some teammates who are really fast and we have the athletes who can fill the spaces. If I’m going to ski out on the fifth gate, what’s the point?”

Jacobellis wows for gold in snowboardcross

In her fifth Olympics, one of the greatest snowboardcross athletes of all time finally got Olympic gold. Jacobellis, 36, has long been remembered as the athlete who was leading the pack in 2006 before falling on a showboat move and settling for silver. In Beijing, she got redemption — and the first gold medal for Team USA at these Games.

Chloe Trespeuch of France was second, and Canadian Meryeta Odine won the bronze.

It’s a #Gold medal for Lindsey Jacobellis in the Women’s #Snowboard Cross!

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