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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — If anyone knows what struggling U.S. Olympic skier Mikaela Shiffrin is going through right now, it’s former American speed skater Dan Jansen. Much like Shiffrin, Jansen crashed out twice in a single Winter Olympics in 1988, and due to that and other tragic circumstances picked up the nickname “The Heartbreak Kid.” Jansen was glued to a TV in his Mooresville, N.C., home Wednesday when Shiffrin skidded past a slalom gate only five seconds into her race and failed to finish for the second time in these 2022 Olympics. Her shocking miss resulted in another premature exit in Beijin…