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Mikaela Shiffrin completes her first race of these Olympics, in the super-G.

Mikaela Shiffrin completed her run in the super-G, a personal victory after a rough start but likely not enough to medal in the event. She currently stands in eighth place.

Shiffrin was disqualified from her second consecutive race in Beijing on Wednesday after making it through just a handful of gates. The failures led Shiffrin, a two-time Olympic medalist, to question whether she should take a spot in speed skiing races from one of her teammates who might be more deserving.

“If I am going to ski out on the fifth gate, well, what’s the point?