‘Skiing Out' Explained: Why Mikaela Shiffrin Was DQ'd in Two Winter Olympics Events
A common misconception is that the color of each pole indicates whether the skiers must go to the right or left of it. While this might often appear to be the case when watching a slalom competition, the color of each pole is simply meant to let the skiers know which gate is up next. It falls upon the athletes to learn the proper combination of turns outline by the course, which happens during set inspection periods in the hours or days before a race.
Sometimes, especially in the speed disciplines of downhill and super-G, ski outs happen when an athlete loses control and crashes off his or her skis. Shiffrin suffered a minor crash – and was uninjured – duringHowever, skiers can also ski out even without crashing if they stray too far outside the racing line, as Shiffrin did two days later
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