The new Olympic champion in giant slalom will skip Saturday’s Super-G race, her mother and coach, Eileen, said Thursday. The compressed schedule that resulted from the postponement of two races makes it an impossibility, Eileen Shiffrin said.
“She will have raced and trained – or tried to race – for six days in a row,” Eileen Shiffrin said. “She has to have a day off.”
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The giant slalom was supposed to be held Monday but was postponed until Thursday because of blustery conditions at the Pyeongchang Games.