Ski star Kilde shares the photo of his girlfriend Shiffrin's worst career moment with the world

Created: 02/10/2022 05:31

By: Andreas Knobloch

Mikaela Shiffrin devastated after her slalom exit at the Olympics.

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Mikaela Shiffrin and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde are the alpine skiing dream couple, but are currently having opposite experiences at the Olympics.

Beijing - At the Olympic Games joy and sorrow are very close together.

You only have to ask the German team, there were some close competitions that made you tear your hair out.

For example, Lena Dürr just missed her slalom medal in China.

While she mourned at the finish, three women were happy about her success a few meters away.

A dramatic picture.

Another remarkable scene took place in the same competition: main protagonist Mikaela Shiffrin.

As always, the American was one of the favorites for the gold medal in slalom and giant slalom.

Shiffrin was surprisingly eliminated in the giant slalom.

Ironically, the winter athlete who so seldom doesn't finish a run suffers this fate at the biggest event of the last four years.

Frustrated, but not demotivated, she went to the slalom start - and dropped out again.

She had to digest the shock first and stayed on the slope.

A snapshot that went around the world.

Olympia 2022 in Beijing: Shiffrin's nightmare day - but Kilde is always there for her

Her friend, the Norwegian ski star Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, of course kept his fingers crossed for her.

He himself had only won the bronze medal in Super-G and will always think back to the games positively if it weren't for his sweetheart.

The photo of Shiffrin crouching on the ground prompted him to post on Instagram.

Of course, this was far from an embarrassment, more heartbreaking words.

“When you see the photo, statements, meanings or thoughts immediately come to mind.

A lot of you will look at it and say 'she can't take it anymore', 'she can't handle the pressure' or 'what happened?'” Kilde begins his statement.

"It frustrates me because all I see is a top athlete doing what a top athlete does.

It's part of the competition and it's happening."

Olympia 2022: Shiffrin wishes everyone to find someone like Kilde did

“The pressure on the athletes is enormous, let's give back the same amount of support.

It's all about balance, we're only human.

I love you," Kilde ends his emotional sentences about the two-time gold winner (2014 slalom, 2018 giant slalom).

Shiffrin, who has experienced emotional ups and downs in recent days, found it extremely touching.

On the one hand, she was eliminated in both disciplines, but was happy about her friend's bronze medal.

Responding to the post in her story, she said: "I hope that every human being will meet another human being who will find a way to love, understand and heal you the way Kilde did for me and will continue to do so .” Unlucky in gambling, lucky in love?

This hackneyed saying won't help Shiffrin much, but it applies in this case.