No Miracle for Lindsey Vonn, but Mikaela Shiffrin Wins Silver in Combined<br />PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — In what will almost certainly be her last time in an Olympic start house, Lindsey Vonn pushed<br />out of the gate for her final run of the women’s Alpine combined late Thursday hoping, as she said, “for a miracle.”<br />Vonn led at the race’s halfway point by winning the downhill portion of the event.<br />But Gisin, a versatile skier — although one without any World Cup wins this year — combined a<br />third in the downhill with a fourth in the slalom, good enough for a win by nearly a second.<br />Shiffrin was asked about making up time against her rival, Lindsey Vonn, who was in first place.<br />Vonn’s Olympic journey would end with a “Did Not Finish.”<br />Shiffrin was sixth in the downhill, but only third in the slalom and won the silver medal, 0.97 seconds behind Gisin.
