Shiffrin posted a picture on Instagram of the couple celebrating Christmas in Paris 
 
 The boyfriend of Olympic giant slalom champion Mikaela Shiffrin has been sent home from the Winter Games following angry comments made after his own giant slalom race on Sunday. "I'm looking forward to cheering on our girls racing in the downhill and to compete myself in Thursday's combined." In her previous two downhill training runs in Pyeongchang, Shiffrin posted the 23rd-fastest first run and the 16th-fastest second run (both fourth among Americans). Shiffrin has 41 World Cup titles to her name 
 
 French skiers filled four of the top seven places in the race - led by bronze medallist Alexis Pinturault - but Faivre said he had been "disgusted with the result". A day after becoming the youngest Olympic slalom champion (age 18) during the 2014 Sochi Games, Shiffrin announced at a news conference: "Right now, I'm dreaming of the next Olympics [and] winning five gold medals, which sounds really crazy. He added: "I'm here to race for myself only. That race will share billing Thursday with the final men's individual Alpine race, the slalom, which features Marcel Hirscher.
– An Olympic skier just got sent home from the Games in South Korea for being a little too me-centric. France's Mathieu Faivre, who happens to be the boyfriend of American skier Mikaela Shiffrin, got the boot after a reporter asked him about a race on Sunday in which he placed seventh. Three of his fellow French skiers finished ahead of him, but Faivre didn't sound too happy for them. "I'm here to race for myself only," said the 26-year-old, per the BBC. Now, when the French team competes this weekend in the Alpine team event, Faivre won't be there. "Mathieu will return to France for disciplinary reasons," the director of French men's skiing tells the AFP. Faivre has since offered a mea culpa on Facebook, explaining that he was disappointed in his own performance and a little steamed after the race. "Skiing is an individual sport that is practiced as a team," he wrote. "However, when we are in the starting gate, only our individual race and our own performance are important. So yes, when it came time to give my feelings on my race, 10 minutes after crossing the finish line, only my performance and failure were present." As for Shiffrin, she won gold last week and will try again Thursday in the Alpine combined event, reports ESPN. (Consider this gold medal the "Miracle on Snow.")