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BEIJING -- Bode Miller remembers first seeing Mikaela Shiffrin ski, more than a decade ago. She was in her early teens, not yet old enough to compete at the sport's top level; he already owned a handful of Olympic medals and a pair of World Cup overall titles.
Everyone in Alpine skiing keeps an eye on Mikaela Shiffrin nowadays, of course, and the rest of the world will do so at the Beijing Winter Olympics starting Monday, when she will be the defending champion in the giant slalom.