Defending Olympic champ Mikaela Shiffrin out of giant slalom
Defending Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin missed a gate early in the first run of the giant slalom at the Beijing Games and has been disqualified from the event
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Your support makes all the difference.Defending Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin missed a gate early in the first run of the giant slalom at the Beijing Games on Monday and was disqualified from the event.
Coming around a left-turn gate, she lost her ski's edge and fell on her side.
The 26-year-old American was trying to become the first Alpine ski racer from the country to win three Olympic golds.
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AP Sports Writer Daniella Matar and AP National Writer Howard Fendrich contributed to this report.
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