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patsboston t1_j5oqy28 wrote

Reply to comment by DannyTannersFlow in Mikaela Shiffrin Breaks Lindsey Vonn’s Record for World Cup Wins by castle-black

Yeah, the death of her father really effected her skiing for the previous couple years or so. It’s hard to quantify how important the mental aspect of skiing is.

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Zeeky47 t1_j5ro6cv wrote

Is that why she was off her ass during those events? I actually had no idea and was watching like “what in the world is throwing her off?” Must’ve missed it, assuming there was a bajillion mentions and I just wasn’t paying attention

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patsboston t1_j5ryfp6 wrote

He dad died falling off a ladder a year before. She was still going through that when the Olympics happened.

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Zeeky47 t1_j5s3bkf wrote

I totally missed it and was thinking she was plain off the whole thing. Makes a lot more sense now

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