"Ariane Raedler and Katharina Huber of Austria won gold in the new team combined event at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Tuesday when Mikaela Shiffrin surprisingly crossed fourth after wasting a first-run lead by teammate Breezy Johnson. Shiffrin, the most successful World Cup racer of all time with a record 108 victories 71 of them in slalom, also a record has now gone seven straight Olympic races without a medal."
"Kira Weidle-Winkelmann and Emma Aicher of Germany earned silver and Paula Moltzan and Jacqueline Wiles of the U.S. took bronze. Shiffrin lost time to the leaders at every checkpoint and crossed 0.31 seconds behind missing a medal by finishing 0.06 behind the other American team. In the finish area, Johnson who was coming off a gold in the individual downhill embraced Shiffrin, while the Austrians and other podium finishers began celebrating."
Ariane Raedler and Katharina Huber of Austria captured gold in the inaugural team combined event at the Milan Cortina Olympics, with the combined time of a downhill and a slalom run deciding results. Mikaela Shiffrin crossed fourth after losing a first-run lead established by teammate Breezy Johnson. Shiffrin holds a record 108 World Cup victories, including 71 in slalom, and has now gone seven straight Olympic races without a medal, having also failed to medal in six races at the Beijing Games. Germany took silver, the U.S. bronze, and Shiffrin still has giant slalom and slalom remaining.
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