Mikaela Shiffrin has finished sixth in the first Alpine skiing World Cup race of the new season for a result that neither pleases not upsets her. The American star trailed Swiss winner Lara Gut-Behrami by 1.40 seconds. Shiffrin says “I won’t say that’s where I want to be.
United States’ Mikaela Shiffrin reacts after completing an alpine ski, women’s World Cup giant slalom race, in Soelden, Austria, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. Shiffrin finished sixth. United States’ Mikaela Shiffrin speeds down the course during the first run of an alpine ski, women’s World Cup giant slalom race, in Soelden, Austria, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023.
“Of course, I won’t say that’s where I want to be. It’s just step-by-step and you never know where you stand until the first race,” the American two-time Olympic champion said. “And I think we have a direction of what we can improve. So, we’ll go to work on that.”And she capped it off by winning her fifth overall title by a massive 989 points over Gut-Behrami.
Shiffrin said she and her team — since the off-season led by head coach Karin Harjo — would study video footage and analyze where to gain speed ahead of the next GS, which is her Nov. 25 ‘home’ race in Killington, Vermont. “And it is a step-by-step process, which I accept more now in my career than I did maybe five years ago.”, Shiffrin recalled how she initially struggled in GS, a discipline she would ultimately dominate by winning seven of the 10 events.
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