Mikaela Shiffrin’s pursuit of gold at the Pyeongchang Olympics will start on a different day than everyone expected — and in a different event, the slalom, which is her forte.
The latest schedule change came Monday, when the temperature was 5 degrees and the women’s giant slalom was shelved less than three hours before it was supposed to start. That followed Sunday’s postponement of the men’s downhill.
Now both of those races will be held Thursday, but on different hills.The women will compete at the Yongpyong Alpine Center used for technical races, and the men will be about 30 miles away at the Jeongseon Alpine Center used for speed races.
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