Support poured in for the star skier after she did not finish her second straight race in the Olympics and sat in dejection on the course for 20 minutes.
."But for me winning is about putting your heart into something that might not go your way. It’s about giving it your all even though circumstances might not allow you to win in the end. It’s about the fight! @MikaelaShiffrin @usskiteam #winner"
"Makes me second guess the last 15 years," she said while fighting tears."Everything I thought I knew about my own skiing and slalom and racing mentality." Shiffrin's boyfriend and fellow Olympic skier, Norway's Aleks Kilde, also shared a message of support for her on"Most of you probably look at it saying: 'she has lost it', 'she can’t handle the pressure' or 'what happened?'… Which makes me frustrated, because all I see is a top athlete doing what a top athlete does!" he wrote."It’s a part of the game and it happens.
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