How do you disassemble this carousel of unfairness?Īre you kidding me? You don’t.

Twenty years later, they’ll do a 30 for 30 about how abominably you were treated by the media. If that push-pull gets too boring, or if you’re mean in an interview after having your spirit yanked out of your body, your TV friends will switch to Team Anyone But Shiffrin (ask Ryan Lochte). That allows the TV people – again, the ones who created a lot of this mess – to come rushing in with their dukes up ready to fight anybody who isn’t Team Shiffrin all the way. Some creative contrarian with access to a keyboard says that, actually, you are a loser (despite all those other wins). When you fold up under the pressure they created, they give you a pass. They pile a bunch of crap on you, enough to crush any normal person. So which is it? Must-medal or shrug it off? The stakes could not be higher.” And here’s Vonn afterward (on Twitter): “Gutted for but this doesn’t not take away from her storied career and what she can and will accomplish going forward.”

NBC hired Shiffrin’s professional frenemy, Lindsey Vonn, to do commentary here.Īhead of her run on Wednesday, Vonn said, “This is a must-medal situation for Mikaela. Denis Balibouse/Reutersįor an athlete of Shiffrin’s stature, there is another level of pressure. Sunday's event delay comes after skiers dealt with three consecutive days of cancellations or delays to their practice runs - leaving little time to get accommodated to the new course.įour years ago, during the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, strong winds also wreaked havoc on the alpine schedule.Shiffrin skis to the finish line. Yanqing was built especially for the Beijing Winter Games and has never staged an international competition before this one, making the course entirely unknown to athletes. Race officials initially delayed the event by several hours before deciding to postpone the competition altogether. Olympic organizers said the competition will now be held Monday. A courseworker removes a gate flag following the postponement of the men's downhill due to high winds on day two of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at National Alpine Ski Center.īEIJING - The men's downhill alpine ski event, the first marquee contest of the 2022 Winter Olympics, was postponed due to high winds at the Yanqing course.

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