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. 
 
 French alpine skier Mathieu Faivre made remarks about his nation's team to journalists after the race. 
 
 The 26-year-old finished seventh behind winner Marcel Hirscher in Pyeongchang. 
 
 He has since apologised after saying "if you only knew what I think about the group collective." 
 
 David Chastan, director for French men's skiing, said Faivre would be returning to France "for disciplinary reasons". 
 
 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". 
 
 He added: "I'm here to race for myself only. I felt I was skiing well in the second run but when I saw where I'd finished it was like a slap in the face." 
 
 Shiffrin won gold in the women's giant slalom last week - her second Olympic title after winning slalom gold in Sochi 2014. 
 
 She will compete in the downhill on Wednesday. ||||| Dear Frustration, 
 
 Why did you chose to come with me in Colorado ? Why do you want to spend so much time with me ? I know that sometimes you are helpful to move forward, but next time, could you please stay home ? 
 
 Regards 
 
 Math 
 
 #EquipeDeFranceDouane #Isola2000 #skiersLife #YAAML ||||| Fabrice Coffrini, AFP | France’s Mathieu Faivre reacts after competing in the Men’s Giant Slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics on February 18. 
 
 French alpine skier Mathieu Faivre, the partner of American ski star Mikaela Shiffrin, has been expelled from the Winter Olympics over angry comments made after a race at the weekend. 
 
 The 26-year-old was sent packing from Pyeongchang by the zero-tolerance French team following remarks made to journalists after finishing seventh behind winner Marcel Hirscher in the men's giant slalom. 
 
 "Mathieu will return to France for disciplinary reasons," David Chastan, director for French men's skiing, told AFP on Monday. 
 
 "He made remarks after the race that were not in the spirit of the team and will not be retained for the team event." 
 
 Faivre was asked after the giant slalom about French skiers filling four of the top seven spots in Sunday's race, led by bronze medallist Alexis Pinturault. 
 
 "If you only knew what I think about the group collective," snapped Faivre, who bagged team gold at last year's world championships in St Moritz. 
 
 "I'm here to race for myself only. Don't expect miracles -- eighth is my best place in the World Cup." 
 
 Faivre, who has since apologised on social media, said he had been "disgusted with the result" after looking up to see his position. 
 
 "I felt I was skiing well in the second run but when I saw where I'd finished it was like a slap in the face." 
 
 (AFP) ||||| Michael Eaves explains how the strong winds in Pyeongchang, South Korea, have led to Mikaela Shiffrin's decision to drop out of Wednesday's downhill race. (0:42) 
 
 PYEONGCHANG, South Korea -- Back at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Mikaela Shiffrin exuberantly talked about chasing five gold medals this time around. Now, it turns out she'll enter only three races at the 2018 Games. 
 
 The two-time Olympic gold medalist has dropped out of Wednesday's downhill race so she can focus on the Alpine combined event that was moved to the following day. 
 
 Shiffrin's decision was announced Monday by U.S. Ski and Snowboard shortly after race officials said they were moving the combined up a day to Thursday because of strong winds in Friday's forecast. 
 
 Shiffrin said she feels relaxed by her decision to not race in the downhill, acknowledging feeling "a little bit of relief" after the program changed. 
 
 If she had competed in both the downhill and combined, the 22-year-old American suddenly would have had to race on consecutive days. When she tried that earlier at the Pyeongchang Olympics, she followed up her gold in the giant slalom by finishing fourth in the slalom as the defending champion. She pulled out of the super-G on what would have been a third day in a row of racing. 
 
 "As much as I wanted to compete in the Olympic downhill, with the schedule change, it's important for me to focus my energy on preparing for the combined," Shiffrin said in a statement. "I'm looking forward to cheering on our girls racing in the downhill and to compete myself in Thursday's combined." 
 
 Mikaela Shiffrin had talked at the Sochi Games about aiming for five gold medals in 2018. Now she will end up competing in only three of the five individual events in South Korea. DPA/Zuma Press/Icon Sportswire 
 
 Her exit opens up a downhill spot for another American woman. The four-racer roster will be announced Tuesday. 
 
 The downhill is a relatively new event for Shiffrin, who first established herself as a star in what are known as the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. She has been improving steadily at the speed events of downhill and super-G -- and earned her first World Cup victory in a downhill in Lake Louise, Canada, in December. 
 
 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 competed in only six World Cup downhills, all in the past two seasons. She finished in the top 10 in all four of her downhills this season, including a win and two other podium finishes. 
 
 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. I'm sorry I just admitted that to you all." 
 
 While that still sounds far-fetched -- the record for most Alpine golds at a single Winter Games is three, shared by three people -- Shiffrin has proved to be an all-around talent, as evidenced by her overall World Cup title last season and her lead in those standings this season. 
 
 But with the super-G and downhill off her schedule, the combined will offer a last opportunity for a second medal in South Korea. 
 
 It also will mark the first head-to-head Olympics race between Shiffrin and U.S. teammate Lindsey Vonn, who is 33 and has said this will be her last Winter Games. The combined is an event that adds the times from one downhill run and one slalom run, and as such provides an intriguing matchup between 2010 Vancouver Games gold medalist Vonn and slalom star Shiffrin. 
 
 That race will share billing Thursday with the final men's individual Alpine race, the slalom, which features Marcel Hirscher. The Austrian has already won two golds and will be favored to win a third. 
 
 This is the latest in a series of adjustments to the Alpine schedule because of concerns over fierce winds. It's the third time during the Pyeongchang Games there will be a doubleheader of sorts, with one men's race and one women's race contested on the same day on two courses about 30 miles (50 kilometers) apart. 
 
 The Associated Press contributed to this report.
– 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.")