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Mikaela Shiffrin made history on Monday when she won Kombi Gold at the Alpine Ski World Championships in Cortina d’Ampezzo – the 25-year-old American is the first female ski racer to triumph in five consecutive World Championships. No man in the history of the World Cup achieved this feat. “Wow, I didn’t know,” was Shiffrin’s shocked comment when faced with the fact.
He won his first world title eight years ago at Schladming with the slalom triumph. “It is amazing to look back now. Back then, before Schladming, I would not have dared to say that I will win gold in the next five world championships,” emphasized Shiffrin, who won the slalom world championship four times en suite since 2013 to 2019. and you can continue this series of successes in your favorite discipline in Cortina on Saturday. Furthermore, she had first become a Super-G world champion two years ago at Aare, now followed by the main title in the combination.
“This World Cup victory is special,” said Shiffrin. Two years ago in Sweden, she skipped the combination as Olympic runner-up in 2018, because at that time it still consisted of downhill and slalom. “I only drove it here because there was a Super-G before slalom. I wouldn’t have contested it with a relegation because the previous training just takes too long,” explained the three-time World Cup winner (most recently 2019).
Since she was a child, the Olympic champion of slalom (2014) and giant slalom (2018) had always dreamed of being the absolute number one in her sport. “As a child I wrote in my diary that I wanted to be the best skier in the world,” Shiffrin revealed immediately after the combi slalom, with which she has now expanded her legendary status. “It takes a lot of work, a lot of sacrifices and a lot of passion, and also a lot of people around you who are ready to make all these sacrifices, even if things don’t go well.”
Shiffrin especially recalled the preseason, which was extremely bitter for her following the death of her father, who passed away as a result of an accident on February 2, 2020. For the first time since 2016, she was left without a Cup crystal ball. of the World due to the season that ended prematurely by the pandemic. “Last year was not that easy or fun, most days were really a tough fight,” said the exceptional athlete and thanked everyone around her for the “incredible support” that allowed her to continue her fifth world championship. Participation to conquer the gold.
Those: APA
