Defending Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin crashed out of the women's giant slalom during her first run at the Beijing Winter Games on Monday, the American's skis sliding out from under her as pushed into the turns coming down the 'The Ice River' course.
2022 Beijing Olympics - Alpine Skiing - Men's Downhill - National Alpine Ski Centre, Yanqing district, Beijing, China - February 6, 2022. General view as a gust of wind blows on the course as the start is delayed.
"Anytime you go on the side like that it's just like mis-timing where and how you're pressuring the turn. I was pushing. I felt that I was really pushing in those turns. Shiffrin plans to compete in all five women's events at the Games this year and will race in her favourite discipline, the slalom, on Wednesday.
Hector, who leads the World Cup rankings in giant slalom this season, was 0.30 ahead of Austria's Katharina Truppe and 0.42 faster than Italian Federica Brignone in third.Shiffrin was the second skier to crash out during the first run after Italy's Marta Bassino, the fifth racer down, wiped out.
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