“I was trying to figure out how I could disappear from the mountain and melt under the fence,” said three-time medalist Mikaela Shiffrin after her heartbreaking run at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. It stunned not just her but the entire sporting world, three events, three chances, and nothing to show for it. Beijing felt like a wall she crashed into. But that story is long shut. With Milano-Cortina fast approaching, Shiffrin has already flipped the script, sending a clear message to her rivals: she’s far from done.

In Levi, Finland, Team USA kicked off the 2025/26 World Cup slalom season with a near-perfect opening course on Saturday. After Annika Hunt crashed in the opening, Shiffrin came as a third skier, blazing through the course in a dazzling 56.08 seconds, carving out a command

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