WATCH LIVE: Mikaela Shiffrin goes for medal in last women’s giant slalom run

Mikaela Shiffrin enters the second run of the women’s giant slalom in fifth place. She has a chance for a medal, but it won’t be easy, as the conditions and competitors could provide quite the challenge.

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As NBC’s Dan Hicks notes, Shiffrin seems ready for the moment:

In her Olympic debut 18-yr old @MikaelaShiffrin gave a wink to our camera as she stepped to the start gate as if to say "we got this."

— Dan Hicks (@DanHicksNBC) February 18, 2014

She’ll have her work cut out for her. The skiers ahead of her include: Slovenia’s Tina Maze, Sweden’s Jessica Lindell-Vikarby, Italy’s Nadia Fanchini and Austria’s Anna Fenninger.

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