Shiffrin

[schindlerpiste]

Just saw this pic on soc. media.

[k2skier112]

I just read that it was 1971 since the US W ski team went 1-2 in a WC SL

[andy m]

Just read this online -- hadn't seen it mentioned in the thread (emphasis is mine):

"Mikaela Shiffrin led Paula Moltzan for an American 1-2 finish in a night slalom Thursday to become the first ski racer with 50 World Cup wins in a single discipline.

No other skier, female or male, has won an event more than 46 times in the 56-year World Cup history."

[gregL]

Haven't Michaela and Kilde trained together? That would be one set of data points, not that I expect they'd release them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNZBqKD_Tx8&t=868s

[MakersTeleMark]

Lots of "training".

No wonder why he won BOP.

[skiJ]

Quit feeding the troll y'all, it's distracting from our amazement and adoration.
Shiffrin just won four World Cup races in a row!
In three disciplines!
We were all wondering if she'd regain her confidence of old after her dad's death.
Guess we can quit wondering.
Hanging out with Kilde prolly doesn't hurt none...

Moltzan with a 2 point race and podium?
Wow.

+1

Moser / Moser-Proell deserves mention, Because I have been told, at her peak(s. two ) , the others knew they were racing for second place...
( the way it used to be for MS in slalom ) ;

to me, Mikaela is the greatest racer ever. ( period)
the sustaining Excellence and success she has enjoyed for a decade ! ,,, Only my man, Ingemar...

I feel fortunate to have lived during her era...

If she get to 84 and 85 , and 89 and 90 and beyond ,,, that's great !

I will Always remember her JOY upon realizing she had won the WC Finals Downhill last season ! !!
That's Why racers race !

Go ! get 'em, Mikaela ! !!!

...with great Respect ! skiJ

[Hood26]

Next up Zagreb:

https://www.croatiaweek.com/snow-que...-light-by-fis/

Shriffrin has 4 “Snow Queen” trophies and 6 podiums. 2021 being the only year she didn’t podium finishing 4th, so in 7 races, she has never finished lower than 4th.

This year is a back-to-back.

Petra has won the last three “Snow Queenss”

[telefreewasatch]

Queen of snow.
So good.

[waxoff]

81!

[nyskirat]

Absolutely insane.

[Hood26]

From an article in Ski Mag today,

“Her winning percentage is just shy of Stenmark’s. The Swedish legend competed in 230 World Cup races and won 37.4 percent of the time. Shiffrin surpassed Stenmark in World Cup starts (she’s now competed in 231 races) and has won 35.1 percent of them.”

[andy m]

She's also won her last five races, which, of course, included three different events: super-G, giant slalom, and slalom.

"Only two female racers have won more races in succession: Swiss skier Vreni Schneider won eight in 1988-89 and Germany's Katja Seizinger won six in 1997."

[plugboots]

From an article in Ski Mag today,

“Her winning percentage is just shy of Stenmark’s. The Swedish legend competed in 230 World Cup races and won 37.4 percent of the time. Shiffrin surpassed Stenmark in World Cup starts (she’s now competed in 231 races) and has won 35.1 percent of them.”

I didn’t know this, and it emphasizes how great Stenmark was.
I guess if Shiffrin wins out she could beat that %[emoji848]

[alpinevibes]

Quit feeding the troll y'all, it's distracting from our amazement and adoration.
Shiffrin just won four World Cup races in a row!
In three disciplines!
We were all wondering if she'd regain her confidence of old after her dad's death.
Guess we can quit wondering.
Hanging out with Kilde prolly doesn't hurt none...

Moltzan with a 2 point race and podium?
Wow.

really REALLY cool to get her game back on 100%. Such a crusher when she's dialed in.

[Hood26]

Today’s race cancelled. Snow didn’t hold up.

Next up Kranjska Gora back to back GS Sat and Sun.

Maybe a bit of a blessing for all the athletes, keeping them healthy, since they get one extra day between back to back events.

[Hood26]

82!

[k2skier112]

I knew she was going to do it this year. By that I mean beat Vonn. At this rate she's going to pass Stenmark this season

[altasnob]

Talk about being in the zone.

Shiffrin had a slight bump in the road the other day, losing a GS to a goofball Canadian from the flats of Ontario who is obsessed with eating eggs. Valerie Grenier, who is sponsored by the Egg Farmers of Ontario said, “I love eggs. I eat eggs every single day. I’m obsessed."

[Squirreljam]

I know ski racing’s a minor sport in the us but even so, this should be getting more play. People (not this place but in general) don’t realize how historic she is. Bill Pennington had a piece in the NYT the other day (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/31/s...smid=share-url)
that had this quote:

”Shiffrin has won nearly 35 percent of the 230 races she has entered. If Shiffrin races six more seasons (Vonn ended her last full season at 33) and wins at even half the victory pace she has set in the last decade, she would win 104 World Cup races. That feat would be roughly equivalent to someone breaking Barry Bonds’s major league career home run record of 762 by hitting 922 home runs.”

I mean, a couple home runs past Ruth, bonds, whoever, and the sports world would be shitting their pants - and mikaela’s on track to obliterate records and it’s “oh, that’s the chick who had a bad Olympics”. Fuck that noise, she could be the greatest performer in sports ever.

[TBS]

”Shiffrin has won nearly 35 percent of the 230 races she has entered. If Shiffrin races six more seasons (Vonn ended her last full season at 33) and wins at even half the victory pace she has set in the last decade, she would win 104 World Cup races. That feat would be roughly equivalent to someone breaking Barry Bonds’s major league career home run record of 762 by hitting 922 home runs. And without being doped to the gills.”

Just a minor addition to Pennington's quote

[powdork]

I mean, a couple home runs past Ruth, bonds, whoever, and the sports world would be shitting their pants - and mikaela’s on track to obliterate records and it’s “oh, that’s the chick who had a bad Olympics”. Fuck that noise, she could be the greatest performer in sports ever.

There's just too much apples and oranges to that title. Skier's careers are kind of middle of the road time-wise. Other sports or specialties within sports are much shorter. Then you have someone like Kelly Slater who was both the youngest and oldest to win the Surfing World Title at 20 and 39. He won Pipeline last year at 50. Tom Brady comes to mind as well with regards to longevity, especially within his sport. Shiffrin can do it but she has to also keep going beyond where other skiers have gone longevity-wise.

and those are just people now.

[m2711c]

only took ten years for her to get this far...

[Squirreljam]

Powdork, I don’t disagree about the apples/oranges. My main point was that her accomplishments are underreported and under appreciated in the wider sports world.

[Squirreljam]

only took ten years for her to get this far...

the look on her face right after Frida H. crossed the line and Mikaela was the winner was priceless - “WTF, I’m 17 and won a World Cup race?!? What the hell do I do now?”

[powdork]

Powdork, I don’t disagree about the apples/oranges. My main point was that her accomplishments are underreported and under appreciated in the wider sports world.

That's true. I feel it's about to change though. A White House invitation after the season would be cool too since her and the other Olympians kind of had that opportunity taken away.