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EAGLE — The door was wide open for Mikaela Shiffrin, but she couldn’t walk through. In the Olympic Alpine combined event, which requires athletes to showcase their range of abilities as speed and technical skiers,...
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BEIJING (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin geared up for the Olympic Alpine combined by setting the fastest time in a downhill training session on Wednesday. The two-time Olympic champion so far has failed to win a medal at the Beijing Games, skiing out in the giant slalom and the slalom — the two events she has gold medals in — and finishing ninth in the super-G and 18th in Tuesday’s downhill.
The two-time U.S. Olympic champion skier so far has failed to win a medal at the Beijing Games.
The United States is the defending champion after a thrilling 3-2 shootout victory in 2018 in Pyeongchang.