“The long Olympic nightmare is over,” wrote the New York Times. In the past few days, a lot of pressure had accumulated on Mikaela Shiffrin, the most successful ski racer in history. She remained without a medal at the Olympic Games for eight races in a row, meaning more than eight years. An astonishing record for an athlete who collects so many victories that others don’t even count skiing days. The US media recently discussed a crisis affecting the ski superstar and did their best to fuel it. The central question they asked themselves: Will Shiffrin also come away empty-handed in Cortina?
