Shiffrin Skis In Sixth Olympic Event As U.S. Takes Fourth In Mixed Team

by Todd Kortemeier

Mikaela Shiffrin reacts following her run during the Mixed Team Parallel 1/4 final at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 on Feb. 20, 2022 in Yanqing, China.

 

Mikaela Shiffrin became just the second woman ever to compete in six alpine skiing events in a single Olympics, finishing just off the podium in the mixed team event Sunday to conclude skiing at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.
Shiffrin, Tommy Ford, Paula Moltzan and River Radamus finished even with Norway in the small final at 2-2 but lost on tiebreaker to finish in fourth place. The Olympic team event pits teams of two men and two women against each other in four slalom races; Moltzan and Radamus won their races while Ford and Shiffrin lost theirs. Austria beat Germany in the big final, also by tiebreaker.

“This is the only event where we compete as a whole, otherwise we are very much individual athletes,” said Moltzan. “To have teammates like these guys competing with me is a true honor. You are going to watch the sport get pushed and the limits get pushed and that’s what happened out there today.”

 

 

Poor weather bumped the team event from Saturday to Sunday, meaning skiers like Shiffrin had to delay their departures from Beijing. Even with the remainder of the world cup season still to come, Shiffrin opted to stay and join Petra Vlhova as the only women to ski in six events at the Games. Shiffrin was glad she stayed to compete with her teammates. 

“I am not disappointed,” Shiffrin said. “I have had a lot of disappointing moments at these Games, today is not one of them. Today is my favorite memory. This was the best possible way that I could imagine ending the Games, skiing with such strong teammates.”

Want to follow Team USA athletes during the Olympic Games Beijing 2022? Visit TeamUSA.org/Beijing-2022-Olympic-Games to view the competition schedule, medal table and results.

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Todd Kortemeier is a sportswriter, editor, and children’s book author from Minneapolis. He is a freelance contributor to TeamUSA.org on behalf of Red Line Editorial, Inc.

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