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Mikaela Shiffrin callout thread

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iH8pow
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Mikaela, if I ever see you in the Vail valley imma gap you on my 4FRNTS.

And tell your mum to top up the cell phone she bought me so I can FaceTime her late night
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weastcoat
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I don’t watch the Olympics’ freeskiing because I can’t count the spins

that being said I was watching US vs Czech Republic on Saturday night with the boys and man when I tell you that shit was intense… we got a noise complaint.
3 years ago
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NickSkisGood
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She looked like a snowboarder in the 90s sitting on her butt instead of doing any skiing
3 years ago
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iH8pow
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Some say she’s still sittin there
NickSkisGoodShe looked like a snowboarder in the 90s sitting on her butt instead of doing any skiing
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rudager
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Im all for understanding how devastated she is, but it sounds like she has that Ricky Bobby mentality of “if you’re not first, you’re last”.

pick yourself up and try try again the next race. She seems like she’s ready to throw it the whole towel.

https://www.espn.com/olympics/skiing/story/_/id/33248268/mikaela-shiffrin-misses-gate-first-run-slalom-beijing-olympics


"I'll try to reset again, and maybe try to reset better this time," she said. "But I also don't know how to do it better because I've never been in this position before and I don't know how to handle it. The hill and the ski track looks pretty incredible, and I think it will be a pleasure to ski, but I also have some teammates who are really fast and we have the athletes who can fill the spaces. If I'm going to ski out on the fifth gate, what's the point?"
3 years ago
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nmwninjart
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In a later interview she was questioning the last 15 years of her career. She's definitely not in the right headspace.
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GloryHoleGary
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Damn how y’all going to shit on Mikaela like that?
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ajbski
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im not surprised with how she handled things.

at 26 this is very likely her last chance to really be competitive in the olympics. also, those american poster ski girls have a lot of pressure on them. we all would rather see an american or canadian on the top podium instead of some euro robot. those were her best disciplines. it would be a great comeback story if she podiumed or got gold in super g or combined. no american has ever won womens combined.

not saying thats how she should have handled the dnfs, but i can empathize with what she was feeling, which is what the olympics are all about imo
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Abomber22
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We DO love to smack people when they are down.
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ajbski
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Abomber22We DO love to smack people when they are down.


its just the nature of the internet.

i find people feed off of negativety as much if not more than positivety. as an individual you cant let either get to you.
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tutipups
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yeah honestly it became a bit ridiculous after she was still in the same spot sitting 20 minutes later
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GrandThings
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Wait I wasn't watching this event. What happened? She crashed and then just sat there bummed?

Before the olympics started I watched her interview with Lester Holt and she made some joke like "maybe I actually just shouldn't even go" and I was SUPER surprised to hear her say that even casually. I feel like all the other athletes in the Olympics are like "this is the single most important event of my life" and to hear her even joke about not going was pretty eye-opening.
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SofaKingSick
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GrandThingsWait I wasn't watching this event. What happened? She crashed and then just sat there bummed?

Before the olympics started I watched her interview with Lester Holt and she made some joke like "maybe I actually just shouldn't even go" and I was SUPER surprised to hear her say that even casually. I feel like all the other athletes in the Olympics are like "this is the single most important event of my life" and to hear her even joke about not going was pretty eye-opening.


she blew the turn on like her 4th/5th turn(s) and boom was done. this was slalom last night which i think is her forte, and i guess she did similar on the event before this. she's not in a good headspace, that's for sure

i hope this doesn't turn into another simone biles thing where i have to hear every dumb fuck's hot take on it for the next week. we don't need to devour our own over this shit
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Vitiligo
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weastcoatI don’t watch the Olympics’ freeskiing because I can’t count the spins

that being said I was watching US vs Czech Republic on Saturday night with the boys and man when I tell you that shit was intense… we got a noise complaint.


Me and my homies watched that to! Shit was electric, definitely getting into that every year now
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deadhead420
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ajbskiim not surprised with how she handled things.

at 26 this is very likely her last chance to really be competitive in the olympics. also, those american poster ski girls have a lot of pressure on them. we all would rather see an american or canadian on the top podium instead of some euro robot. those were her best disciplines. it would be a great comeback story if she podiumed or got gold in super g or combined. no american has ever won womens combined.

not saying thats how she should have handled the dnfs, but i can empathize with what she was feeling, which is what the olympics are all about imo


Mikaela is a beast, she will absolutely still be competitive in 4 years.
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ajbski
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mrk127Mikaela is a beast, she will absolutely still be competitive in 4 years.


both vonn and street seemed pretty tired by their 30s.

to be fair, they both had pretty bad injuries, even multiple times.
statiscally, age is one of the biggest factors when assesing the risk of injury. the odds are stacked against her. she was already missing some WC events earlier this year from back problems. i think thats where her "bad vibes" are coming from.

For the sake of the sport, i hope the stats are wrong. i love having a north american protagonist to cheer for amongst the euro snobbery. i even got her signature on my cast when i was working in lake louise!
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mattytru
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mrk127Mikaela is a beast, she will absolutely still be competitive in 4 years.


agreed. hopefully she is able to take some motivation from these last two DNFs and come back more balanced.


at first i was embarrassed for her sitting there but i think i really do get it. everyone was shocked by her first DNF the other night and then to have it happen again is completely unheard of. plus slalom is her shit. it's not like in freeskiing where people sort of care about competition and you're still respected/sponsored for being dope - the race literally is everything you train for and the results of it determine your job performance. to be the best in the world and blow it like that twice in a row is pretty ridiculous. will be interesting to see how she performs in the other events.
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iH8pow
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Pretty easy. Taking a minute or two to cry it out i understand, but then it turns into 5, 10, they gave her time but eventually seemed to start skiing around her 15 minutes later. It’s just crazy looking at the spectrum—on one side you have guys like Henrik honored to be there and having a blast win or lose, on the other hand—Shiffrin. I get shes under enormous pressure from USA ski and her sponsors, but sometimes in life you need people to call you out on your BS to keep you in check. And it’s nothing against her, i’m sure she feels ashamed that there’s girls who deserve a shot that was wasted.
GloryHoleGaryDamn how y’all going to shit on Mikaela like that?

Also i doubt she’s checking NS so no harm, but if this somehow goes viral i’ll be honored.



give yer balls a tug
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a_pla5tic_bag
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theLiquorIt’s just crazy looking at the spectrum—on one side you have guys like Henrik honored to be there and having a blast win or lose,

Let's not get carried away there, remember what happened at last years X games with Henrik?

Also someone post a video of her falling, all I'm finding are photos and if the first photo from this page is from her run then wtf is up with the course? Snow looks awfully deep for a race course. Unless that's out of bounds.
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mattytru
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besides, i dont see anyone calling out a-hall for snubbing colby at the bottom of the jump after failing his 2160. that was poor sportsmanship as well
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corona
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mattytrubesides, i dont see anyone calling out a-hall for snubbing colby at the bottom of the jump after failing his 2160. that was poor sportsmanship as well


I didn't see that. Was it a snub because he didn't hug him?
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mattytru
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coronaI didn't see that. Was it a snub because he didn't hug him?


yeah, not a huge snub, just awkward. colby went to dap him up or hug him or something and alex pushed or gestured him away
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nmwninjart
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a_pla5tic_bagLet's not get carried away there, remember what happened at last years X games with Henrik?

Also someone post a video of her falling, all I'm finding are photos and if the first photo from this page is from her run then wtf is up with the course? Snow looks awfully deep for a race course. Unless that's out of bounds.


She didn't fall last night if thats what you're looking for. She got her angles wrong and just knew she wasn't going to be able to recover so she just skied out of the course.

She did fall a couple nights ago, she was leaning so hard into the turn her boot hit the snow, which then popped her edge up and lost her grip.
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Woody.
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mattytrubesides, i dont see anyone calling out a-hall for snubbing colby at the bottom of the jump after failing his 2160. that was poor sportsmanship as well

I think he was just devastated cause he fucked up his chance for gold. I probably wouldn’t dap up the homie after that either. But I think he went back and hugged him after, could be wrong tho.
3 years ago
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BradFiAusNzCoCa
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Have you ever read about her life or any of the specials she has? She literally eats and breathes skiing. It IS her. Her entire identity is skiing and being the best. It’s a huge blow to athletes when that’s their identity.

I feel bad for her tbh. That’s a tough fall and then to have everyone witness it. People don’t talk about it enough but to be the best, you’ve got to have a bit of an ego that fuels you and makes you feel confident. We see it in A Hall, we’ve seen it in Goep (pole break at X Games), we’ve seen it with Henrik (last X Games and how he acts when he stomps his run). Now we’re seeing it with Mikaela. She’s only human.
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ColoradoDogfart
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Not too sure why everyone’s bashing tf outta her, she’s def in a horrible mindset rn especially considering she’s questions everything in her career. Not fair to bash a human and still extremely young related to the grand scheme of things, there’s people who will sob over a bad test grade so why is it fair to bash her for just chilling on the ground for 20 mins after her whole life’s work just went to shit? She’s legit the poster child of the USA ski team just like vonn used to be so I’m guessin all that’s weighing her down
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vorpal-snow
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ColoradoDogfartNot too sure why everyone’s bashing tf outta her, she’s def in a horrible mindset rn especially considering she’s questions everything in her career. Not fair to bash a human and still extremely young related to the grand scheme of things, there’s people who will sob over a bad test grade so why is it fair to bash her for just chilling on the ground for 20 mins after her whole life’s work just went to shit? She’s legit the poster child of the USA ski team just like vonn used to be so I’m guessin all that’s weighing her down


Facts. She def felt the pressure this time even tho she's been absolutely lacing the world cup. Wait 4 years to ski on shit snow at the biggest comp after killing it on actual mountains. Course was very fucked, gotta go all out for any shot and since it wasn't ever tested half the field crashed. Terrible to watch, she's in so much distress that you can feel it thru the tv. Ricky Bobby mentality is a double-edged sword. She's gonna get back tho, already bigger than Vonn and still the best in the world.
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skierman
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BradFiAusNzCoCaHave you ever read about her life or any of the specials she has? She literally eats and breathes skiing. It IS her. Her entire identity is skiing and being the best. It’s a huge blow to athletes when that’s their identity.


It sounds like she needs to get another hobby. Good god, talk about tossing all your eggs into one basket.
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*TURBONERD*
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ajbskiboth vonn and street seemed pretty tired by their 30s.

to be fair, they both had pretty bad injuries, even multiple times.
statiscally, age is one of the biggest factors when assesing the risk of injury. the odds are stacked against her. she was already missing some WC events earlier this year from back problems. i think thats where her "bad vibes" are coming from.

For the sake of the sport, i hope the stats are wrong. i love having a north american protagonist to cheer for amongst the euro snobbery. i even got her signature on my cast when i was working in lake louise!

I don't follow racing as much as I used to, but I think the fact that Shiffrin's best disciplines are the more technical ones means that she has a lesser change of those sort of horrendous crashes you see at Super-G and DH speeds and thus a better chance at an extended career, at least from a physical standpoint. A blown knee can come out of nowhere, though, as any skier knows.
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DrZoidberg
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I feel like you can be competitive in slalom a bit longer since it's more or less the slowest form of racing, so you don't die if you crash once. I know racing is her thing but she should chill. How many racers in any other racing sport have had the same thing? Plenty, especially in stuff like MotoGP where one slip and you're in the gravel trap unless your last name is Marquez.
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theabortionator
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People get way too invested in people that they don't know. I mean i get it, the Olympics l, somebody from a place im from could win s medal and I'll feel good.

Idk. I don't care really but it always feels weird the "they let me down" vibe if anyone does shitty.
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theabortionator
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Was reminded of Lindsay Jacobellis from 06 snowboard cross. People were so mad bevause she did a grab.

Like fuck off.

But i didn't know she one. Just watched the replay. Pretty dope
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BradFiAusNzCoCa
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Maybe her hobby could be reviewing backpacks
skiermanIt sounds like she needs to get another hobby. Good god, talk about tossing all your eggs into one basket.
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skierman
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theabortionatorPeople get way too invested in people that they don't know. I mean i get it, the Olympics l, somebody from a place im from could win s medal and I'll feel good.

Idk. I don't care really but it always feels weird the "they let me down" vibe if anyone does shitty.


That's what happens when you add a nationalistic dimension to an action sport just so gapers will feel invested enough to tune in. Its almost as cringe as the fucking morons on here crying because Gu is not repping "their" flag at the Olympics. Grow the fuck up.
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