Mikaela Shiffrin

[Andy Mink]

Fifteen one hundredths. Insane how close in skill these top competitors are.

 

[geepers]

Fifteen one hundredths. Insane how close in skill these top competitors are.

Hundies count!

 

[charlier]

Video GS win WC #78

 

[4ster]

78 & all she needs is a DH win for the season Quadrifecta!

 

[Paul Lutes]

Fell free to jump all over me, but I thought her second run looked shaky, and she seemed to think so to - seemed like she dropped her head, body language generally said "I've messed up", but then seemed to regather and bear down, power through at the end, and was pleasantly surprised.

 

[Gina D]

Spoiler

79!

 

[charlier]

One more video, WC #79

 

[pud]

Fell free to jump all over me, but I thought her second run looked shaky, and she seemed to think so to - seemed like she dropped her head, body language generally said "I've messed up", but then seemed to regather and bear down, power through at the end, and was pleasantly surprised.

She was skiing to win the race, and she won. All good! Why is it necessary to be negative.

 

[Paul Lutes]

She was skiing to win the race, and she won. All good! Why is it necessary to be negative.

You have a strange definition of negative
Just my observations, probably worth no more than the electrons used to communicate them!

 

[Tom Holtmann]

Fell free to jump all over me, but I thought her second run looked shaky, and she seemed to think so to - seemed like she dropped her head, body language generally said "I've messed up", but then seemed to regather and bear down, power through at the end, and was pleasantly surprised.

Most of the top racers seemed a bit "shaky" on the second run as it looked pretty dark and hard to see the bumps and dips. Who knows what went thru her mind when she had those bobbles (besides probably a curse word) but it clearly was the right thoughts. When they played the replay of one of the bobbles in slow motion I thought I actually saw her smile believe it or not. Anyway - cool race all around.

 

[BMC]

Just wow

 

[maple19]

I actually like that her second runs have been less than perfect this week! It’s been a while since she was really willing to push in poor conditions and it was nice to see her “ski to win” and be willing to make some mistakes yesterday and today. This week seems like a really positive step in that regard, even if the runs themselves haven’t been perfect.

 

[Swede]

Nobody felt good on that course, besides perhaps the first 4-5 ones in each run. It was a fight.

 

[PinnacleJim]

All the later racers were struggling with that course. I thought MS handled it as well or better than the rest. And the results bear that out.

She is having a great season so far. Five wins and a big lead in the overall. And it's only December! Can't ask for more.

 

[PinnacleJim]

Stunning first run in the SL so far for USA.

 

[Paul Lutes]

All the later racers were struggling with that course. I thought MS handled it as well or better than the rest. And the results bear that out.

She is having a great season so far. Five wins and a big lead in the overall. And it's only December! Can't ask for more.

This makes very good sense - I only watched Michaela's run initially, and didn't get a good feel for the course difficulty. All the more impressive for winning on a brutal course!

 

[Gina D]

Spoiler

80! and 4 wins in a row.

 

[Paul Lutes]

Michaela's en fuego!!!

 

[charlier]

Yet another outstanding WC performance - another first place finish for Shiffrin and a second place finish for her teammate Paula Moltzan..

 

[Teppaz]

Article about Shiffrin and mom in a Swiss paper (which seems to be picking up an interview from Blick).