Not the momentum Mikaela Shiffrin hoped to carry into the Olympics.
The world’s best all-around skier lost her balance with a few slalom gates left, en route to sure victory, and skied out in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, on Sunday.
Shiffrin led by 1.09 seconds at the final intermediate split before the uncharacteristic mistake. She worked her way back up to the missed gate but straddled it to make it an official DNF.
Slovakian Petra Vlhova got the win, ending Shiffrin’s streak of five straight traditional World Cup slalom wins.
It was Shiffrin’s last race before the Olympics, her manager said, according to The Associated Press.