Shiffrin faces ridicule and criticism after failure in Beijing: I believe I will not meet them face to face – Športky.sk

BEIJING – American skier Mikaela Shiffrin did not win any medals at the 2022 Olympic Games. The leader of the overall World Cup standings completed the Beijing performance in the team competition, in which she and the compatriots took fourth place.

Shiffrin did not complete her strongest disciplines slalom, giant slalom and combination, in super-G and the downhill was far from the podium. However, the American woman believes that after failure she will be able to bounce back to better results.

Three weeks with a huge surge of emotions

“Every person goes through difficult moments in life, you have to remember that moment. I’ve never had three weeks in my life with such a surge of emotions. I’ve felt disappointment, regret, hope, optimism, pessimism, triumph and failure. That’s life. I mean. “I know that I know less about myself than I did three weeks ago. But when you find out that you don’t know something, it’s not always to the detriment. she was looking for positives.

The American aspired to the post of the greatest personality of her country, but after the failure she faces ridicule and criticism. The two-time Olympic champion admits that she is sometimes affected. “Sometimes people are so vicious that you don’t even want to exist. I believe I won’t meet them face to face. But I’m sure if that happened, they wouldn’t say things like that. They can only afford it on the Internet.”

Shiffrin can end the season successfully. In the fight for the big crystal globe, he has a lead of 17 points over the Slovak Petra Vlhová.

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