This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Six weeks ago, Mikaela Shiffrin didn’t have ...
She finished in 11th place, but she still has another chance at an Olympic gold medal.
Six weeks ago, Mikaela Shiffrin didn’t have the core strength to even rise out of a chair. A sneeze or a laugh brought on instant pain. That was all due to a serious crash in a giant slalom race on ...
Shiffrin became a celebrity at 18 years old after becoming the youngest-ever skier to win Olympic slalom gold. Since then, she has faced grief, PTSD and freak injury — yet she is ready to bounce back.
Selected to carry her home country’s flag in the opening ceremony here, Federica Brignone needed an assist. Her surgically repaired leg - shredded in a horrific crash in April 2025 - hurt so badly ...