Mikaela Shiffrin's Olympic struggles continued Wednesday with another shocking early exit in the first run of the slalom race.
Just two days after crashing 11 seconds into the opening run of the giant slalom race -- in which she was the defending gold medalist -- the 26-year-old American recorded another "Did Not Finish," having skidded out of control and missed a gate after about 5 seconds on the course.
Shiffrin, fighting back tears in a post-race interview on NBC, said she slipped and was unable to recover.
"It makes me second-guess the last 15 years, everything I thought I knew about my own skiing and slalom and racing mentality," Shiffrin said.