- American also failed to finish in giant slalom on Monday
- Slalom is considered 26-year-old star’s best discipline
- Lena Dürr of Germany is the leader after first of two runs
Mikaela Shiffrin’s dream Olympics is fast turning into a nightmare.
The 26-year-old overall World Cup leader was disqualified from her second straight race on Wednesday morning after missing a gate early in the first run of the women’s slalom, her signature event, leaving her bid for potential record medal haul in tatters.
Shiffrin, the seventh racer out of the starting gate, sat in the snow alongside the netting on the side of the course with her head bowed in disbelief for several minutes as her rivals continued their runs down the steep technical course known as the Ice River.
The shock result came two days after the American skied out during her first run of the giant slalom, ending her Olympic title defense only seconds into her Beijing debut.
