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2022 Beijing Olympics – Alpine Skiing – Mixed Team Parallel 1/4 Finals – National Alpine Skiing Centre, Yanqing district, Beijing, China – February 20, 2022. Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States and Tommy Ford of the United States celebrate after their team qualified for the next event. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
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2022 Beijing Olympics – Alpine Skiing – Mixed Team Parallel 1/4 Finals – National Alpine Skiing Centre, Yanqing district, Beijing, China – February 20, 2022. Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States and Tommy Ford of the United States celebrate after their team qualified for the next event. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
The Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 have finally come to an end, and for Mikaela Shiffrin, they could certainly have gone better. Shiffrin had elected to stay for a sixth event at these Olympics, a record-tying amount of events at a single Olympics.
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However, from the very start, she was unable to medal in any individual or team event. Her string of unfortunate luck continued on the final day as Team Norway edged out Team USA for the bronze medal.
Despite having a medal-less Olympics this year, Shiffrin, who is looking ahead positively, had nothing but praise for her teammates.
"My teammates are what carried me through this Olympics."@MikaelaShiffrin on the strength and perseverance of the @usskiteam.#WinterOlympics | #WatchWithUS pic.twitter.com/UiDhZ6nC4G
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) February 20, 2022
“My teammates are what carried me through this Olympics. And today, I have to emphasize, I don’t think I can emphasize it enough how unbelievable it is for us to be here and be in the hunt for a medal. I get that people will say we came up short, but the thing is that to have this depth on our team, coming from the US, competing in a European-dominated sport.”
Mikaela’s teammates gave everybody strength and hope
As Mikaela Shiffrin addressed her teammates today and expressed how they carried her through the Olympics, she also appreciated one teammate in particular.
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YANQING, CHINA – FEBRUARY 09: Mikaela Shiffrin of Team United States looks on prior to the Women’s Slalom Run 1 on day five of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at National Alpine Ski Centre on February 09, 2022 in Yanqing, China. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
Shiffrin addressed 24-year-old River Radamus directly. She said,?“River, we were watching you at the bottom there and the fact that you were skiing so strongly... That’s the biggest win you could ever give us.”
Finally, the two-time Olympic gold medalist expressed how she felt about competing alongside her teammates.
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“It’s just been incredible to compete today with you guys today after a long Olympics. This is my absolute favorite memory and I just wanna thank you for that.”
The Olympics saw the team and the individuals grow, learn and test their skills against the best in the world.
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Now, as the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 come to an end for everyone, Mikaela will set her sights on fixing what went wrong and going on a redemptive run at the World Cup soon.
