Mikaela Shiffrin 2022-23 Ski Season Thread
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Mikaela Shiffrin clinches her 75th World Cup win, breaking a Lindsey Vonn record | CNN
Mikaela Shiffrin claimed her 75th World Cup win in Levi, Finland on Saturday, sealed with an electrifying second run, as she broke Lindsey Vonn's record for the most podiums in a single discipline by a female skier.
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Shiffrin gets win No. 77, closes in on Vonn record
Mikaela Shiffrin won a women's World Cup super-G Sunday to top off her first speed race weekend of the season with career win No. 77.
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Mikaela Shiffrin takes first giant slalom in nearly a year for 78th career win
Mikaela Shiffrin held on to a big opening-run advantage to win a giant slalom on Tuesday, the American’s first triumph in the discipline in more than a year
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Mikaela Shiffrin moves closer to Lindsey Vonn record with 79th World Cup win
Mikaela Shiffrin is up to 79 World Cup wins, three shy of Lindsey Vonn's female record, after giant slalom victories on consecutive days in Semmering.
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Shiffrin gets milestone 50th World Cup slalom win
By winning the slalom Thursday, Mikaela Shiffrin became the first ski racer -- of any gender -- to reach 50 World Cup wins in a single discipline.
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Shiffrin takes Semmering slalom for third win in three days and 80th overall
Mikaela Shiffrin led Paula Moltzan for an American one-two finish in a night slalom Thursday to become the first ski racer with 50 World Cup wins in a single discipline
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Mikaela Shiffrin gets 80th World Cup win, 50th slalom win, can reach Vonn record next week
An on-fire Mikaela Shiffrin earned her 80th World Cup win (her 50th in slalom), moving two shy of Lindsey Vonn's female career record.
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She should be on the weather thread! She is smokin!Mikaela Shiffrin gets 80th World Cup win, 50th slalom win, can reach Vonn record next week
An on-fire Mikaela Shiffrin earned her 80th World Cup win (her 50th in slalom), moving two shy of Lindsey Vonn's female career record.
Here's the Vail Daily article. Have to give some props to Moltzan too for her second place finish. US 1-2.
PS For anybody thar cares Vail is now almost completely open. Only lift not running is the new Sundown bowl lift. New Gamecreek lift is now open.
Triple crown: US goes 1-2 as Shiffrin completes sweep of all three tech events in Semmering, Austria
Well, don’t bother calling Pat Riley. No need for “three-peat” when you can go and make it a four-peat, right? Plus, Mikaela Shiffrin can own the copyright for an original “Semmering Sweep” after Thursday. The...
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Yeah, and this is what she’ll be remembered for by the general public because for most the Olympics is the only time they see skiing.
The rest of the world doesn't think this. It's only the US that thinks the only competition is the Olympics. She is clearly the best female athlete in the US, probably best male or female. A shame more people don't recognize that.
Her FIS Alpine record to this point is beyond remarkable. She has 80 wins and 127 podiums by the age of 27. She has missed the better part of two seasons too. It's beyond that though. When she's at her best (especially in slalom), it appears that the other skiers are on a different course - a much harder one.
Yes, she is beyond remarkable. She's even winning GS races and won a speed event (super g) this season. She will eventually smash every record, male and female.
What's even better is, despite originally being from Colorado, she really cut her teeth in the sport on East Coast ice (Burke Mountain Academy, VT). Speaking as one who actually grew up ski racing, I think that formative background has given her an edge (pun intended) as a technical discipline racer as she rose to the highest levels of the sport.
She just got win number 81. Wins buy .76 seconds. Amazing.
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Mikaela Shiffrin wins fifth straight World Cup to claim 81st victory, putting her one shy of Lindsey Vonn’s record
For the last four seasons, Petra Vlhova has won the first World Cup race of the calendar year. On Wednesday in Zagreb, Croatia, however, it was Mikaela Shiffrin who revealed her first New Year’s resolution:...
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I actually became a Mikeala fan at the Olympics for the way she handled herself in the interviews. It is nice to see a thoughtful classy athlete in these modern times.
Shiffrin shows her emotions after matching Vonn's record
Mikaela Shiffrin has matched Lindsey Vonn’s women’s World Cup skiing record with her 82nd win. Shiffrin led from start to finish to win a giant slalom and can now break Vonn’s mark in a night slalom scheduled for Flachau, Austria, on Tuesday.
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A video of the 2nd run is in this tweet:
If anybody wants to read the vail daily article on it he here it is. Good chance she breaks the record this week. Four short of Stenmark. She's only 27. A great accomplishment and a shame it's not appreciated more here in the US. She is very well liked in the Vail valley.
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Shiffrin equals Vonn with 82nd career World Cup win on Sunday in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
82 down, one to go. Mikaela Shiffrin’s climb to all-time greatness reached its penultimate step on Sunday morning in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, as the American won her 82nd career World Cup race, tying her with...
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Vonn's comment on Shiffrin:
"I’m really happy for Mikaela Shiffrin. Records are meant to be broken and it’s a sign of progress. And if anyone is to break my record, I’m really happy that it’s an American.
She’s going to continue pushing the limits and continue to inspire other Americans. It just speaks for our country as a whole and what we’re capable of doing.
There were a lot of women who paved the way for me. And now it’s her turn to pave the way for the next generation." – Lindsey Vonn
"I’m really happy for Mikaela Shiffrin. Records are meant to be broken and it’s a sign of progress. And if anyone is to break my record, I’m really happy that it’s an American.
She’s going to continue pushing the limits and continue to inspire other Americans. It just speaks for our country as a whole and what we’re capable of doing.
There were a lot of women who paved the way for me. And now it’s her turn to pave the way for the next generation." – Lindsey Vonn
Shiffrin vs Vonn: Different strengths but similar approach
Mikaela Shiffrin is the perfect technical skier. Lindsey Vonn was the ultimate speed demon. Shiffrin is rarely slowed by physical ailments.
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Schiffrin is the the GOAT. It is so unfortunate that she had a total melt down at last years winter Olympics. It is a testament to her greatness that she has been able to put it behind her and once again dominate her sport.Shiffrin vs Vonn: Different strengths but similar approach
Mikaela Shiffrin is the perfect technical skier. Lindsey Vonn was the ultimate speed demon. Shiffrin is rarely slowed by physical ailments.
On the old board, GLOV was in love with Shriffin. The GLOV be smilin today looking down on her performances!
Feeling ill, Shiffrin gets 2nd; wins record on hold
Mikaela Shiffrin was sick between runs and vomited after the second run while finishing second in a night slalom race, leaving her tied with Lindsey Vonn for the World Cup wins record.
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Shiffrin wins GS. Passes Vonn with 83rd victory.
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Mikaela Shiffrin, humble as ever, claims record-breaking 83rd World Cup win to surpass Lindsey Vonn
KRONPLATZ, Italy — Mikaela Shiffrin was presented with a queen’s crown Tuesday after convincingly winning her record-breaking 83rd World Cup victory in the Northern Italian Dolomites resort of Kronplatz. It was a fitting prize for the...
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Not Shiffrin but saw Vonn posted this cool video recently on her Twitter.
Number 84. Wins another GS. One away from that record too. Two more to tie Stenmark. She is the definition of GOAT.
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Shiffrin notches World Cup victory No. 84 in Kronplatz
KRONPLATZ, Italy — One might surmise that the exhilaration, along with the mental and physical exhaustion of a record-breaking sporting performance as Mikaela Shiffrin achieved Tuesday, might all be too much to deliver a repeat...
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People have been throwing this in Vonn’s face all over social media. Why don’t people like Vonn? Tiger?
I doubt it had anything to do with Tiger, but then again, it's tough to speak for people in general.
Mikaela has always been humble, despite her amazing skills. Humility is endearing.
Vonn was not very humble. That's not all that uncommon for skiers that specialize in downhill.
I think some of the dislike comes from the 2010 Olympics. She was a big focus of the TV coverage those Olympics. And a lot of it also included her then husband, Thomas Vonn, who was a former US Olympic skier and was her coach. He was pretty controlling, and she preached on and on about how his techniques were so advanced. It didn't help that she was set to compete in all 5 of the Olympic skiing events, and did so, but ended up finishing 1st in the downhill and 3rd in the Super G, but crashed out of the Super Combined, crashed in the Giant Slalom, and missed a gate in the Slalom.
I have not met her but my daughter has. Vonn skied over to her class of young children a few years ago. She spent some time with them and was very gracious.
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