Defending Olympic champ Mikaela Shiffrin out of giant slalom

By ANDREW DAMPF
AP Sports Writer

BEIJING (AP) — Two-time Olympic gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin calls her disqualification in the giant slalom at the Beijing Games “a huge disappointment.” Shiffrin missed a gate five turns into the first leg of the two-run event that was the first Alpine skiing race of the 2022 Olympics. It happened just seconds after she started her way down the course in an event she won at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. Shiffrin says the day was finished basically before it even started. She arrived in China with plans to try to compete in all five individual Alpine events. Next up is the slalom on Wednesday. The 26-year-old American won that at Sochi in 2014.