Mikaela Shiffrin Wins Silver in Olympic Face-Off With Lindsey Vonn at Women’s Alpine Combined Race
In a contest featuring two of alpine skiing’s greatest athletes, only one could come out the better — and it was Mikaela Shiffrin.Lindsey Vonn and Shiffrin faced off for the first — and last — time in the 2018 Winter Olympics on Thursday morning and afternoon (Wednesday night and Thursday morning stateside) in the women’s alpine skiing combined, a set of two races in which the fastest total time determines the winner.Shiffrin earned silver, behind Switzerland’s Michelle Gisin.
Vonn, who had been well positioned for a podium after the first of the two races, missed a gate in the second and did not finish.
