Shiffrin's supporters have talked of her medalling in every event at these Games but those hopes were dashed within seconds of her taking to the snow on Monday in an event she won in Pyeongchang four years ago.
" trying to push it but sometimes that is almost anxious and it just didn't work. I think that's the thing about the surface. I feel that it's incredible, but it doesn't give you any room for , it's not forgiving," she said. "We can go to a lot of different places during the season where we can put the blame but I think the easiest thing to say is that I skied a couple good turns and I skied one turn a bit wrong and I really paid the hardest consequence for that," she said.'NEVER GET OVER IT'
"So I don't know about the medals. I know that my skiing is good ... but you just don't know what's going to happen and I'm going to do my very best to keep the right mentality and keep pushing."