Profile on Olympic alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin with the United States Ski Team. USA TODAY Sports
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Mikaela Shiffrin won’t apologize for having big ambitions.
She used to sheepishly brush off her declaration four years ago that she’d dreamed of winning five gold medals at the Pyeongchang Olympics, blaming it on a lack of sleep and youthful exuberance. While that last part was true, she now muses about why her dream should be considered so outlandish.