Mikaela Shiffrin

Like, it's taken me a long time to get to this point now where I just realized that people will catch up.

And I also realized, like, during that period of time, you know, after every race, we go through the mix zone and go through all the media.

And I felt like the media was directing questions in a very negative way if I didn't win by chance.

a certain amount, or if I had a really, like, strong reaction one race, they were like, why is this one so much more important to you?

And those are all fair questions.

My mind would go there if I was them as well.

But I would really answer, I would take their question so literally and answer to that.

And now I realize...

People still do that.

They kind of try to get into your mind, and they say, they ask a question, but it insinuates that you feel a certain way, instead of just asking how you feel sometimes.

And there's nothing wrong with it.

Honestly, it's just like, if you ask the same question over and over, and you want to word it a different way, sometimes a reporter might ask, like, you know, is it really disappointing that you came in second this race?

This was this was this season when it was the 85th.

OK, so there are two slalom races in a row in the Czech Republic.

And I won the first one.

That was my 85th victory.

And then the second day, everybody was thinking this is going to be your 86th.

And for everyone around me, it was a done deal.

And I was not there.

I was tired.