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Mikaela Shiffrin drops F-bomb, talks celebrating gold with espresso martini

Mikaela Shiffrin drops F-bomb, talks celebrating gold with espresso martini

Published by Sam Flores

MILAN — A day after dropping one of the most dominant gold-medal performances in Olympic slalom history, American star Mikaela Shiffrin dropped an F-bomb while describing the victory — an on-air slip she joked may have been influenced by the espresso martini she drank during her post-race celebration. Shiffrin has won more World Cup races than any skier in history but had failed to medal at the Olympics since 2018, including not making the podium in either of her first two competitions at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics in Italy this month. Follow along for live coverage. But during her third and final opportunity to medal on Wednesday, Shiffrin dominated the slalom, her strongest event, winning by the event’s largest margin of victory at an Olympics since 1998. During the more than three hours between Shiffrin’s first and second runs, she tried to nap in Team USA’s tent in Cortina to “control her energy.” She said she began trying to talk with her father, Jeff, who died in 2020. “When I was sleeping, I started …

Mikaela Shiffrin Came to the Olympics Looking for Peace in Her Skiing. She Found Gold Along the Way

Mikaela Shiffrin Came to the Olympics Looking for Peace in Her Skiing. She Found Gold Along the Way

Published by Sam Flores

The risk that comes with laying yourself bare on the world stage. The way it challenges your mental and physical health. The ever-present fear of failure and the way it can frame — fairly or unfairly — the public’s perception of you. “It’s not the easiest thing in the world to do,” she said. Trying to nudge that bargain toward friendlier terms is next to impossible. The greatest ski racer in the history of the sport has spent years wrangling with it. On Wednesday, Shiffrin may have finally found peace. Standing on the medal stand, a second gold medal in slalom around her neck a dozen years after she earned her first, Shiffrin closed her eyes, mouthed the lyrics to “The Star Spangled Banner” and breathed in a moment built on tireless practice, innate talent, purity of purpose and a self-belief that is harder to come by than you might think. The peace she felt didn’t come from shedding the weight of getting “ripped apart by people who sit on the couch,” as teammate Paula …

Mikaela Shiffrin takes home Olympic gold in the slalom

Mikaela Shiffrin takes home Olympic gold in the slalom

Published by Sam Flores

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After days of disappointment, Mikaela Shiffrin storms to gold in slalom

After days of disappointment, Mikaela Shiffrin storms to gold in slalom

Published by Sam Flores

MILAN — In her third and final opportunity to medal at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, Team USA superstar skier Mikaela Shiffrin ended her struggles at the Olympics during two emphatic runs Wednesday that earned her gold in slalom. Shiffrin stormed down a Cortina d’Ampezzo course with nearly 600 feet of vertical drop to finish in 47.13 seconds after her first run, 0.82 of a second ahead of the rest of the field. In slalom, skiers take two runs and the times are combined to determine medals. Follow along for live coverage Four hours later, Shiffrin stood at the starting gate for her second and final run, knowing she was less than 51 seconds away from her first medal since 2018. It was by no means guaranteed. The second-to-last rider before Shiffrin broke a pole halfway down the course. And the skier immediately preceding her, Germany’s Lena Duerr, who was in second place after her first run, hooked the first gate and immediately stopped her run within seconds. Shiffrin’s final run, in contrast, was a …

U.S. Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin finishes another Olympic race without a medal : NPR

U.S. Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin finishes another Olympic race without a medal : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

United States’ Mikaela Shiffrin speeds down the course, during an alpine ski, women’s giant slalom race, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026. Marco Trovati/AP hide caption toggle caption Marco Trovati/AP CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — U.S. Alpine skiing legend Mikaela Shiffrin is running out of chances to medal in the 2026 Winter Games, after falling short again in giant slalom under stunning blue skies in the mountains above Cortina. Shiffrin has won more World Cup races than any other skier in history and she has been the overall leader in this winter’s World Cup standings ahead of competition here. But the Olympics have long stymied Shiffrin, since her stunning disappointment in 2022, when she left the Beijing Games empty-handed despite entering all six Alpine events. The giant slalom, in particular, has been a challenge for Shiffrin. She won gold in the event in the 2018 Winter Games in South Korea. But she has struggled since a crash in 2024 during a giant slalom race in Killington, Vt., in which …

Meet Olympic skier Mikaela Shiffrin, who has won more titles than any other skier in history

Meet Olympic skier Mikaela Shiffrin, who has won more titles than any other skier in history

Published by Daniella Wilson

Mikaela Shiffrin is regarded as the best skier in history. The 30-year-old alpine skier is competing in her fourth winter Olympics and aiming to win her third gold medal. Throughout her career, Mikaela has won 15 medals, making her the most successful skier in the modern era. During the 2026 Games in Milan-Cortina, Mikaela just missed the podium in the combined event with her teammate Breezy Johnson. So her hopes for medalling in this Olympics comes down to Sunday, February 15. Mikaela is competing in the giant slalom against the best skiers in the world, including fellow Americans Paula Moltzan, Nina O’Brien, and AJ Hurt. So, as the best skier in the world aims to win gold, here’s everything we know about her. © Getty Images Mikaela was born in Colorado On March 13, 1995, Mikaela was born to parents Eileen and Jeff, who were both skiers too. Eileen competed in many racing events and Jeff, who died in February 2020 after an accident, also loved the sport. Mikaela started skiing at a young age, …

Olympic skier Mikaela Shiffrin has known grief, PTSD, freak injury : NPR

Olympic skier Mikaela Shiffrin has known grief, PTSD, freak injury : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

Mikaela Shiffrin at the finish line during a women’s Alpine ski, World Cup giant slalom, in Spindleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic, on Jan. 24. Giovanni Auletta/AP hide caption toggle caption Giovanni Auletta/AP CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Mikaela Shiffrin has plenty to be proud of already. She is the winningest Alpine skier of all time with 108 World Cup victories to her name, nearly two dozen more than any other skier in history. Those achievements are astounding on their own — especially considering that she has sustained that level of success even while facing the challenges of serious injury, PTSD and an all-consuming grief that followed the sudden death of her father in 2020. Yet the Olympics remain the last stage on which Shiffrin has not dominated to the extent that many believe she is capable. After winning a gold medal apiece in 2014 and 2018, Shiffrin was shut out from the podium in 2022 in one of the biggest surprises of the Beijing Games — a disappointment she said recently that she is “to this day …

Mikaela Shiffrin Wins Last Slalom Before Olympics and Locks up Record Ninth Season Discipline Title

Mikaela Shiffrin Wins Last Slalom Before Olympics and Locks up Record Ninth Season Discipline Title

Published by Sam Flores

SPINDLERUV MLYN, Czech Republic (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin has locked up the slalom season title with the Olympics looming to become the first skier in the six-decade history of the World Cup with nine season titles in one discipline. The American star might have to share her record soon, though, as teammate Lindsey Vonn has eight downhill titles and currently holds a commanding lead in those standings in her second season back from her initial retirement in 2019. On the men’s side, Ingemar Stenmark won the slalom globe and Marcel Hirscher the overall title eight times each. Shiffrin dominated the last slalom before the Milan Cortina Games on Sunday, securing top spot in the discipline standings with two races to spare. Shiffrin won both runs to beat runner-up Camille Rast, the world champion from Switzerland, by 1.67 seconds. The rest of the field, led by Germany’s Emma Aicher, trailed by more than two seconds. But the American was reluctant to read too much into those results and how they may translate to her form for …