.ItsGabrielleT, Simone_Biles, and OksanaMasters offer their support to Mikaela Shiffrin after she skied out of 2 WinterOlympics finals.
As these athletes point out, we owe it to Shiffrin to celebrate her successes and not harp on about past errors in competition. We owe her grace, not guilt.
Because, as Shiffrin's boyfriend, Norwegian skier Aleksander Aamodt Kilde,,"The pressure we all put on individuals in the sports are enormous, so let's give the same amount of support back. It's all about the balance and we are just normal human beings!!" Athletes compete to win, of course, but they also compete, oftentimes, under tremendous weight of the world's expectations to succeed at all costs.
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