Those who praised Mikaela Shiffrin’s New Year’s Day decision to focus on a handful of key races instead of pursuing the World Cup’s crystal globe must have felt vindicated — as did she — under the lights in Flachau, Austria Tuesday night. The Colorado native stood atop the slalom podium […]
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Surprise! Shiffrin Returns to the Snow for Tuesday’s Flachau Slalom
A year ago this week, American skiing superstar Mikaela Shiffrin dropped her second slalom in a row to Slovakian Petra Vlhová in what would be one of her last races of the season. After a 10-month break from the snow, Shiffrin returned in mid-December to top the podium in Courchevel, […]
New Year, New Perspective as Shiffrin Decides to Focus on Technical Races Rather than Seek World Cup Title
Mikaela Shiffrin caught the media up on her current physical and mental state on New Year’s Day, saying she’d instead focus on getting stronger physically and focusing on individual races rather than competing for the World Cup overall this season. Shiffrin, who experienced a 320-day pause from skiing in 2020 […]
Mikaela Shiffrin Makes Unexpected Return to World Cup Skiing This Weekend
American Mikaela Shiffrin is making a surprising return to the women’s International Ski Federation Alpine Ski World Cup this weekend as she journeys to Courchevel, France, to participate in a giant slalom event for the first time this season. Shiffrin, 25, won the 2019 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships giant […]