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Mikaela Shiffrin said before the race she wanted to have "fun" - it looked like she did| Hosts: Beijing, China Dates: 4-20 February |
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Mikaela Shiffrin's smile at the finish was as big as if she had won the race.
The American, who skied out of her past two races and at one point cast doubt on whether she would compete any more at Beijing 2022, had made it to the bottom of the women's super-G.
It did not matter that she finished ninth, this was about much more than that for the pre-Games favourite.
Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami won the race, becoming the first super-G world champion to also win the Olympic title.
Austrian Mirjam Puchner took silver and Swiss Michelle Gisin got the bronze.
Czech defending champion Ester Ledecka, who was going for a historic multi-sport double-double after retaining her snowboard parallel giant slalom title, finished fifth.
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