When Mikaela Shiffrin started down the slalom course in Yanqing, she was intentionally aggressive.
Her 47 World Cup victories and 2014 Olympic gold medal prove that she knows how to win a slalom, perhaps better than anyone else in the world. wapo.st/3GG51pV
Her 47 World Cup victories and 2014 Olympic gold medal prove that she knows how to win a slalom, perhaps better than anyone else in the world. wapo.st/3GG51pV
Slalom is the Alpine discipline with the most turns, and skiers try to keep as straight a line as possible through the gates.
The turns are set close enough that there is little room for error. But at the fourth gate, Shiffrin slipped. wapo.st/3GG51pV
The turns are set close enough that there is little room for error. But at the fourth gate, Shiffrin slipped. wapo.st/3GG51pV
When Shiffrin is skiing her best slalom runs, her lower legs attack the turns — transferring pressure quickly from the inside edge of one outside ski to the inside edge of the next outside ski — while her upper body remains remarkably stable. wapo.st/3GG51pV
But the slip at the fourth gate threw her off-balance, and she was out of position as her momentum carried her toward the fifth. wapo.st/3GG51pV
She cleared it, but her skis were pointed down the hill when they should’ve been heading toward the next gate, and she was unable to recover. wapo.st/3GG51pV
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