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American skiing star Mikaela Shiffrin didn't simply win a slalom race to end her eight-year medal drought at the Winter Games and underline her status as surely the greatest Alpine skier of all time. She also won a battle with herself.

Eileen Gu and all the other freestyle skiers wait for their scores by a large Powerade-branded cooler, then glide away without taking a drink.