‘Best … I’ve ever seen’

BEIJING (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin will defend her large slalom gold medal within the first girls’s Alpine snowboarding occasion of the Beijing Olympics.

The 26-year-old from Colorado already has received three Olympic medals for the U.S. and three general World Cup titles.

Everybody within the sport retains an eye fixed on Shiffrin and a few keep in mind the primary time they ever noticed her head down a hill on skis.

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Shiffrin was launched to snowboarding when she was simply 2 years outdated snowboarding down her household’s driveway, in response to Group USA.

Rising up in Vail solely kicked the pastime into excessive gear.

Six-time Olympic medalist Bode Miller says he is a big fan and calls Shiffrin one of the best racer he has ever seen.

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Ted Ligety describes her as a textbook of snowboarding approach.