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Mikaela Shiffrin ties the record for most alpine skiing World Cup race wins

9:46am March 10, 2023

American alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin, 27, has tied Ingemar Stenmark's record for career race wins on the alpine skiing World Cup. Stenmark set the record at age 32 in 1989.

Mikaela Shiffrin speeds down the course during an alpine ski World Championships giant slalom in Meribel, France, on Thursday.

Mikaela Shiffrin wins gold in giant slalom at the world championships

1:45pm February 16, 2023

by The Associated Press

The victory makes Shiffrin only the fourth female skier to win world titles in four different disciplines. Last month, she broke Lindsey Vonn's women's record of 82 World Cup wins.

Mikaela Shiffrin seized first place in her first run in the giant slalom in Kronplatz, Italy, bidding to make history in the World Cup.

Mikaela Shiffrin just became the winningest female skier in World Cup history

10:08am January 24, 2023

by Bill Chappell

Her 83rd victory in Italy on Tuesday leaves only one athlete ahead of Shiffrin: Ingemar Stenmark. The legendary Swedish skier has said he thinks Shiffrin will win more than 100 races.

U.S. skier Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom race, in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Sunday.

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U.S. skier Mikaela Shiffrin ties Lindsey Vonn's record for most alpine World Cup wins

6:40am January 09, 2023

by Ayana Archie

Mikaela Shiffrin, 27, ties Lindsey Vonn's record for the most alpine World Cup wins for a woman. Shiffrin also has two Olympic gold medals and six world championships.

Russia's Kamila Valieva reacts after competing in the women's free skate on Feb. 17. A doping scandal dominated headlines around figure skating.

9 moments that resonated at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

8:31am February 21, 2022

NPR's team in Beijing put together moments and storylines that stuck out — including those that showed immense inner strength, athleticism and grace.

Mikaela Shiffrin of the U.S. competes during the Women's alpine combined at the Olympics on Thursday in Yanqing, China. After losing her last shot at an individual medal, she will compete in a team event on Saturday.

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Mikaela Shiffrin crashes in 3rd race — but will rise for one last Olympics test

11:30am February 17, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The three-time Olympic medalist told reporters that she felt "like a joke" after failing to finish her third race of the Winter Games. Her last chance at a medal is a team competition on Saturday.

Mikaela Shiffrin of Team USA skis during the super-G competition on Friday at the Beijing Olympics. She placed ninth after failing to finish her last two races.

With a 9th place finish in Beijing, Mikaela Shiffrin shows signs of bouncing back

7:56am February 11, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

"Coming back out and getting the chance to race again was just the perfect thing to do, actually," Shiffrin said. She had failed to finish qualifying runs in two events earlier this week.

Three-time Olympic medalist Mikaela Shiffrin skis out in the first run of the women's slalom at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday on Feb. 9, 2022.

Olympic star Mikaela Shiffrin fails to finish a second race at the 2022 Winter Games

10:45pm February 08, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

Shiffrin, a two-time Olympic champion, bailed out of the women's slalom race on Wednesday. She previously won a gold medal in this competition in 2014 during the Sochi Olympics.

Mikaela Shiffrin falls during the women's giant slalom on day three of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

U.S. ski champ Mikaela Shiffrin is out of Olympic giant slalom event after falling

9:44pm February 06, 2022

Shiffrin, known as the reigning queen of the slopes, fell in her first run in the giant slalom at the Beijing Olympics. It was the first time she did not finish a giant slalom race in four years.

U.S. skier Mikaela Shiffrin won her second career gold medal and her first of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in the women's giant slalom at the Yongpyong Alpine Center in South Korea.

'You Don't Hold Back': Mikaela Shiffrin Wins Gold At 2018 Winter Olympics

7:44am February 15, 2018

by Bill Chappell

It was a hard-won medal, on a day where 20 racers crashed out of the course as they tried to carve out time and move up the leaderboard.