U.S. ski star Mikaela Shiffrin failed to medal Tuesday with teammate Breezy Johnson in the women’s team combined Alpine event, continuing Shiffrin’s run of disappointment at the Winter Olympics.
Ariane Raedler and Katharina Huber of Austria took gold with a time of 2 minutes 21.66 seconds, Kira Weidle-Winkelmann and Emma Aicher of Germany snagged silver (2:21.71) and Jacqueline Wiles and Paula Moltzan of the U.S. took bronze (2:21.91). Watch Moltzan’s slalom run here.
Shiffrin and Johnson finished fourth (2:21.97) in what was the latter’s debut at the Milan Cortina Games.
Shiffrin, 30, skied with “measured” effort and showed “tension,” one NBC announcer said as she traversed the slalom course.
Johnson congratulated Shiffrin on her “great work” after the run, but it was probably of little consolation.
