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Mikaela Shiffrin Closes Challenging Season With Dominant Slalom Win in Sun Valley, ID

U.S. ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin wrapped up the 2024-25 World Cup season with a resounding victory in the Slalom race at the World Cup Finals in Sun Valley, Idaho, on Thursday, March 27. The 30-year-old athlete had a difficult season after crashing early in the World Cup season in Killington, Vermont, in November 2024. The recovery from the crash was […]

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Julia Schneemann | March 27, 2025
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Breezy Johnson & Mikaela Shiffrin Win Inaugural Alpine Team Combined at the 2025 World Championships in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria

26 teams were at the start today to fight for the glory of winning the inaugural Alpine Team Combined event at the 2025 World Championships in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria. Team USA had sent four teams to the start, as did France, Switzerland, and Austria. Italy had sent three teams and Germany two, while the remaining five nations—Slovenia, Norway, Canada, Bosnia and […]

Julia Schneemann | February 11, 2025
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Double-Swiss Podium at Night Slalom World Cup in Flachau, Austria, While Paula Moltzan Claims 6th Place

  For the last six years, the victor at the Night Slalom in Flachau, Austria, was one of two ski racers: Mikaela Shiffrin or Petra Vlhova. With both skiers currently not competing due to injuries, the title was up for grabs. While local favorite Katharina Liensberger went into the second run as the favorite, it was ultimately arch-nemesis Switzerland that […]

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Julia Schneemann | January 15, 2025
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Shiffrin Wins 90th FIS Alpine World Cup at Slalom Event in Killington, VT

Legendary American skier Mikaela Shiffrin has taken the record of most World Cup victories to a new high, adding victory number 90 to her incredible portfolio of ski racing victories. Earlier this year Shiffrin became the world’s most successful ski racer in terms of FIS World Cup victories, when the 28-year-old won her 87th World Cup at Ã…re, Sweden, surpassing […]

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Julia Schneemann | November 26, 2023
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U.S. Ski Racer Mikaela Shiffrin Crowns Herself the GOAT of Alpine Racing in Ã…re, Sweden, Winning Her 87th World Cup

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Mikaela Shiffrin is unstoppable. After tying with Ingemar Stenmark yesterday, Mikaela Shiffrin swept through the Slalom course like a tornado today in Ã…re, Sweden, winning her 87th World Cup with a lead of 0.92 seconds ahead of second placed Wendy Holdener from Switzerland. Shiffrin is seemingly in a league of her own. “It’s okay to be second or third if she […]

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Julia Schneemann | March 11, 2023
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Honoring the Stars of the 2023 FIS Alpine World Championships

The 2023 FIS Alpine World Championships in Courchevel and Méribél, France, finished on Sunday after 13 Alpine race events. After two exciting weeks with as many favorites winning medals and underdogs claiming the podium, it is time to honor the competition’s top performers. Superstar of the World Championships was, without doubt, Mikaela Shiffrin, who came away with a total of three […]

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Julia Schneemann | February 21, 2023
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Italy’s Federica Brignone World Champion in Combined as Mikaela Shiffrin is Disqualifed 2 Gates from Finish

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On Monday, February 6, 2023, the first of 13 Alpine events started at the World Championships in Courchevel and Méribél. The first race was the Women’s Alpine Combined, which consisted of a Super-G run followed by a Slalom run. The event is typically dominated by the technical skiers, even after the format was changed from two slalom runs to just […]

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Julia Schneemann | February 7, 2023
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What to Watch When at the FIS Alpine Ski World Championships in Courchevel & Méribél, France

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World Championships are held every other year and were rescheduled in 1984 to be held in odd years so as not to clash with Olympic Games. Before that, the Olympics were in lieu of a separate World Championship during the Olympic years. On Monday, February 6, 2023, the FIS Alpine Ski World Championships will kick off at the French resorts […]

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Julia Schneemann | February 6, 2023
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Mogul Kings, Slalom Queens, and Swiss Precision — FIS Weekend Recap

First up, we follow Mikaela Shiffrin and the female technical skiers to Spindleruv Mlyn, Czechia, where two women’s Slalom events were held over the weekend January 28-29, 2023. On Saturday Mikaela Shiffrin raced to her 85th World Cup victory with a 0.60 lead in front of Germany’s Lena Dürr, while third place went to Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener 1.31 seconds behind […]

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Julia Schneemann | January 31, 2023
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Mikaela Shiffrin Manages Trifecta in Semmering, Austria, And Collects 80th World Cup Victory

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Mikaela Shiffrin repeated her incredible feat of winning all three events in Semmering, Austria, during the races from December 27-29, 2022. The Team USA skier had first managed the hat trick in 2016 in Semmering. Winning three tech events in a row had only been done by one other female skier before, Switzerland’s Vreni Schneider in 1989. Mikaela has done […]

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Julia Schneemann | December 30, 2022
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Race Report: Mikaela Shiffrin Breaks Record, Vlhova Clinches World Cup Slalom Globe in Schladming, Austria

The night Slalom in Schladming, Austria, is an iconic yearly stop on the Men’s Slalom World Cup tour. This year the popular slope was also used as a replacement race for a Women’s Slalom originally planned in Flachau, Austria. The Slalom event, held on January 11th, was the first time the Women’s course was set on the same pitch as the […]

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Phil Tremblay | January 12, 2022
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