Mikaela Shiffrin, Olympic
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Mikaela Shiffrin silenced all her doubters on Wednesday with a gold medal win at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. The decorated American athlete entered the slalom final following an eight-year Olympic drought.
Mikaela Shiffrin, the most decorated skier of all time, last won a medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.
Mikaela Shiffrin didn’t need this Olympic gold medal. Her legacy was secured long ago, between her other two Olympic golds, her World Cup wins record and all the other superlatives she’s achieved. But that’s never been good enough for the peanut gallery,
American skier Mikaela Shiffrin won gold in the women’s slalom race at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Wednesday. It was her first Olympic medal in eight years, ending a medal drought that began nearly a decade ago.
Mikaela Shiffrin won gold in slalom at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, Feb. 18, ending her eight-year Olympic medal drought.