Shiffrin also found a positive in cruel debacles: I try to regain a good feeling on skis – Športky.sk

BEIJING – Star-American skier Mikaela Shiffrin is comforted by the fact that the debacle in her strongest disciplines has put pressure on her, at least at the Olympics. After today’s downhill training, the 26-year-old slalom girl praised herself for feeling good on her skis again. But he doesn’t know if he will start the Tuesday race.

Shiffrin came to Beijing as a clear medalist in a huge and special slalom, but in both races, after making mistakes in the introduction, she did not even finish the first round. After disappointment, she returned to the Olympic piste in Friday’s super-giant slalom, in which she finished ninth.

“To be honest, I didn’t finish the giant and the slalom, I was kind of shaken by the pressure. I just crossed out those boxes. Not good, but she crossed it out. And now I’m just trying to get a good feeling on the skis, which I do quite well, “ said Shiffrin after today’s first practice for the downhill, in which she set the ninth time, 14 hundred times faster than the eleventh Ester Ledecká.

He is not yet clear about the descent

In the next two days, the skiers are waiting for further trainings, and probably only after them, Shiffrin will definitely decide whether to start in the race. “I’m not clear yet. It was positive today and I have a descent to plan. But we’ll see how it develops, because there are sectors on the track where speed specialists will shine. They will definitely be faster tomorrow and I don’t know where I would be. “But I felt good skiing.” said the two-time Olympic winner and six-time world champion.

Shiffrin’s last congress was at the beginning of December in Lake Louise, where she placed 26th and 38th in her weakest discipline. After the downhill, a combination of skiers and mixed team races await the Olympics.

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