Mikaela Shiffrin 2025-2026
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Paula Moltzan notches seventh-career World Cup podium in Kranjska Gora as Mikaela Shiffrin places fifth in giant slalom
Paula Moltzan is one tough cookie. A week after back-to-back DNFs in Semmering — including a brutal crash in the giant slalom on Dec. 27 — the Minnesota-born skier led three Americans into the top-10 in...
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Much better frame of mind this year. Last Olympics she was still recovering from the shock death of her father which caused her to almost quit. I also think pressure by NBC for her to be the next Olympic “Golden Girl” caused her to stretch herself way too thin. She puts a ton of pressure on herself, so more pressure is not helpful.
Anyway, she’s scaling back her schedule this time and focusing on her best events. Still the Olympics can be a crap shoot, but at least they’re at a classic venue so less chance of a fluke winner
Mikaela Shiffrin to focus on her best 3 events for 2026 Olympics
The Alpine skiing legend said she will concentrate on the slalom events and team combined after racing a full program in 2022 in Beijing.
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Rast ends Shiffrin winning streak in WC slaloms
Swiss skier Camille Rast has ended Mikaela Shiffrin's six-race winning streak in World Cup slaloms, beating the American star at a race in Slovenia as their duel shapes up nicely for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
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Camille Rast ends Mikaela Shiffrin’s slalom streak with back-to-back World Cup victories in Kranjska Gora
Even though Olympic slalom silver medalist Katharina Liensberger recently sustained a season-ending MCL injury and defending champion Petra Vlhova is still working to come back from a serious knee injury, Mikaela Shiffrin won’t be without...
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