Olympics: Mikaela Shiffrin out early again in slalom

Shiffrin went over to the facet of the course, clicked out of her skis and plopped herself down on the bottom, shaking her head, then resting it on her arms atop her bent knees. That would be the lasting picture of today — again within the U.S., NBC’s protection lingered on that shot of Shiffrin, drawing anger on social media from some viewers — and, maybe, of those Olympics for somebody who arrived in China as one of many greatest stars of any Winter Video games sport.