Shiffrin was terrified of celebrating joy without her father. What would that moment be like? How bad will it hurt? When you lose someone so close to you, Shiffrin said after winning gold, “everything in life that you do … is like a new experience.

The American alpine skiing legend joined the "TODAY" show Thursday morning following her gold medal win in the women's slalom at the Milan Cortina Olympics. During her interview, Shiffrin was recalling how she was thinking about her dad before her gold medal run when she let a couple of expletives slip on live television.