Mikaela Shiffrin’s giant slalom at Milan Cortina ended without a medal but plenty of optimism

By WILL GRAVES CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin stood at the start gate atop the giant slalom course at sun-splashed Tofane and made a promise to herself. “I’m going to do this whole thing here,” she said. Considering the path the American star has taken to reach the Milan Cortina Olympics, and to this event in particular, that was enough. So while the leaderboard near the finish line during Sunday’s GS needed to flip to the second page before Shiffrin’s name appeared in 11th, the most decorated skier in the history of the sport didn’t view her finish as a disappointment. Disappointment is washing out, which she did four years...