Mikaela Shiffrin shined a revealing spotlight on some hideous negativity she’s received throughout the 2022 WinterOlympics in a provocative social media post.
Shiffrin, the most famous and accomplished Alpine skier in the world, vastly underperformed expectations in her individual events in Beijing. She skied out in three of five competitions and did not contend for a medal in the other two. She has been a frank and unforgiving self-critic in interviews throughout the Games, describing her performances as “failures” and, most recently, calling herself “a joke.
Yet, Shiffrin has also received an outpouring of support from people both inside and outside her sport,, who endured a similar experience at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics when she pulled out of the team and all-around competitions due to a gymnastics-specific form of mental block known as the “Twisties.”
“I never knew humans could be so kind,” Shiffrin said of Biles' and others' support, which she did not feel like she deserved. Though, while humans can be kind, they can also be needlessly cruel, as Shiffrin reminds.
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