The skier said she was “embarrassed” by failing to win a medal in any of her five Beijing Olympic events. Turns out she was in it for the yearlong haul.
Mikaela Shiffrin during the podium ceremony after the women's Super-G race at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup finals in Courchevel, France.Credit...Urs Flueeler/EPA, via ShutterstockMikaela Shiffrin had just finished eating lunch on Thursday in the picturesque French Alps village of Courchevel. An hour earlier, with a second-place finish in a super-G race — one day after a victory in a downhill race — Shiffrin clinched the World Cup’s season-long overall title, ski racing’s biggest prize, representing the highest achiever in a…
