PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- Defending champion Mikaela Shiffrin vomited and complained of virus-like symptoms after a disappointing first leg in Friday's Olympic slalom.
Shiffrin, who claimed gold in Thursday's giant slalom, finished fourth and said she had vomited at the start gate.
"Not very well," she said when asked how she felt at the start.
"I don't know, it was kind of sudden. It almost felt like a virus kind of puking, less about nerves."The multiple world champion came in 0.48sec behind Switzerland's Wendy Holdener's leading time of 48.89sec down the Rainbow 1 course in bitterly cold, bright conditions.
Also ahead of the American were Swedish duo Frida Hansdotter, a three-time world slalom medallist, and Anna Swenn Larsson.
Shiffrin looked visibly deflated coming over the line, taking a few still moments to herself, head down and face covered by gloved hands, before moving off to shelter from the chill.
"I'm not super psyched with it," said the 22-year-old, who is also the three-time consecutive world slalom champion.
"It was OK, a bit conservative. I guess I got through to the finish.
"I know that I have a lot more speed in me, I've just got to let it go down the hill a bit more in the second run, it'll be quite a bit faster."
Shiffrin added: "The surface is still really nice, you can be super clean. Unfortunately I wasn't clean enough, but I'm looking forward to the second run."
Source :- koreaherald
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