While we watch all the keyboard critics who can't so much as tough their toes talking smack about an Olympic athlete missing the gate and being disqualified from an event, it's time to remember that Mikael Shiffrin is a badass.
In 2012 she was the first non-European skier to win four cup slalom races in a one season. I don't know what that means but it sounds incredible.
When she was just 16, she became the U.S. national champion of slalom.
When she was 18, she became the youngest slalom gold medalist in Olympic alpine skiing HISTORY.
Not to mention, she looks like this
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