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Video Highlights: Mikaela Shiffrin Leads U.S. in Medal Rush Wednesday at 2026 Winter Olympics
Shiffrin aims to convert her World Cup dominance into Olympic gold after eight medal-less starts, entering the 2026 slalom as the favorite with 71 World Cup wins in the discipline.
- On Wednesday, Mikaela Shiffrin, U.S. alpine skier, will ski the women's slalom at the Milan–Cortina Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, her final 2026 race.
- This season Shiffrin has dominated the World Cup slalom, winning seven of eight races and clinching her ninth Slalom Crystal Globe among her 108 World Cup wins.
- Facing flat light and equipment issues, Shiffrin placed 15th in the women's combined slalom, her worst finish since 2012, after a slow run cost her a podium.
- A medal would alter Mikaela Shiffrin's Olympic legacy by ending an eight-year medal drought, as she acknowledges a smaller margin for error in Wednesday's slalom.
- She is focusing on reaching an instinctive rhythm after injury and past Games, working to find effortless mental flow after an April injury that shifted her perspective.
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Today at 14:25, ETV2 and ERR's sports portal will begin a live broadcast of the women's slalom in alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics in Cortina, Milano. Helar Osila and Laur Mägi will commentate on the competition.
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