567 Days until Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony
30 Days away from Alpine Skiing Worlds
and just hours away from Mikaela Shiffrin beginning the chase for #82 World Cup win to tie Lindseyâs Vonnâs record for most World Cup wins by a female skier
this post has been edited with Shiffrinâs likely races until end of year (16 post Flachau- 8 speed races and 8 tech races ). This is assuming Shiffrin participates in all 3 speed races at Cortina dâAmpezzo and Kvitfjell.
đ„đżCHASING HISTORY: MIKAELA SHIFFRINÂ
âWe are witnessing greatnessâ that is how ski announcer Lewie Lett called it when Mikaela Shiffrin crossed the finished line in Zagreb on Wednesday.
Shiffrin had just finished off 5th straight World Cup with a win streak that hadnât been seen on FIS Alpine Ski World Cup tour in 25 years
81 World Cup wins. (84)
More impressive-Mikaela Shiffrinâs win percentage on the World Cup
35% of Shiffrinâs World Cup overall starts she won
55% of Shiffrinâs World Cup overall starts she podiumed
Just looking at Slalom World Cup starts
50% of Shiffrinâs World Cup Slalom starts she has won
70% of Shiffrinâs World Cup Slalom starts she has podiumed
Shiffrinâs first chance to tie Lindsey Vonnâs record of 82 and go for Ingemar Stenmark's record of 86 World Cup wins was canceled because of weather in Zagreb.Â
Mikaela Shiffrin will likely get 9 chances to break the record before the World Championships begin in a month and @TeamUSATracker broke them down here.Â
2 races - Kranjska Gora GS -
Shiffrin won 2nd race at Kranjska Gora GS to tie record at #82 (finished 6th at first race)
Date: January 7th and 8thÂ
Shiffrinâs Record at Kranjska Gora: 2 wins in 8 career starts. Both wins were in 2018 in two disciplines SL and GS. Shiffrin did DNF at Kranjska Gora in last race here and it was Shiffrinâs first DNF on the World Cup circuit in 4 years
Updated 3 wins in 10 career stars.
1 race - Flachau SLÂ
Shiffrin finished 2nd at Flachau Night SL to Vlhova to get #130 World Cup podium
Date:Â January 10thÂ
Shiffrinâs Record at Flachau: 4 wins in 9 career races with last win coming in 2021. Shiffrin has podiumed in her last 8 races at Flachau. Updated 9 straight podiums in last 9 races
3 races (Chance 1, 2, 3 ) Cortina dâAmpezzo DH x2 and SG
Date: January 18 to 22
Shiffrinâs record at Cortina: 2 wins in 11 career starts (including 2021 World Championships).Â
Site of the 2026 Olympics- Shiffrin has a lot of experience in recent seasons with all 11 starts in last 6 years.
Shiffrin has 1 SG win (2019)3 podiums in 6 World Cup starts with one DNF and finishing 16th in 2022. Shiffrinâs gold in Cortina at the Alpine Combined came with a 3rd place finish in the SG.
Shiffrinâs World Championship gold in Cortina was in Alpine Combined. Shiffrin has raced 2 other downhill World Cup races (plus two downhill trainings) so has experience.
At the most recent World Championships in Cortina- Shiffrin brought home 4 medals including bronze in Super G and gold in combined as Shiffrin medaled in every event she entered.Â
2 race (Chance 4 and 5) Kronplatz GS X2
Date: January 24Â and January 25
Shiffrinâs record at Kronplatz: 1 win in 5 starts. Last win 2019. Also note another place Shiffrin did DNF in 2018
2 wins #83 and #84
2 races (Chance 6 and 7) Spindleruv Mlyn SL x2 Â
Date: January 28 and 29
Shiffrinâs record at Spindleruv Mlyn: 1 win in 4 starts. Only 4 races at this location. 2 races in 2011 when Shiffrin was 15 (DNQ both races) and 2 races in 2019 when Shiffrin won SL and took third in GS .
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BREAK AND RECORD CHASING THERE:
Date: February 6 to 19
In terms of chasing history at the World Championships - Shiffrin, the most decorated American in World Championship history (11 medals), will be chasing Kjetil Andre Aamodtâs record (12 medals) and Christi Cranz* (15 medals) as the most decorated skier of all time at the World Alpine Skiing Championships. Note Cranz won 15 medals from 1934-1939 when it was a yearly event so Kjetil Andre Aamodtâs record is more comparable record to Shiffrin.Â
Shiffrinâs History at Meribel/Courchevel. The Womenâs races are slated to be at Meribel where Shiffrin has won 1 start in 4 races (did not podium in other 3 races). Shiffrin has a better career record 6 wins in 13 starts at Courchevel including last yearâs World Cup Final Downhill where the Menâs World Championships are supposed to take place.
After World Championships Break
3 Races -(Chances 8 through 10) Kvitfjell DH and SG x 2
Date: March 1 to March 5
Kvitfjell is the ski location for the 1994 Lillehammer Games. The location has not been run on the Womenâs World Cup tour for 20 years so no one on the tour has experience at that location.
Note Mikaela Shiffrinâs Norwegian boyfriend Aleksander Aamodt Kilde won SG and finished 2nd in DH last year during menâs races at Kvitfjell. Kilder has podiumed in 3 of last 4 menâs races at Kvitfjell after not podiuming in his first 14 World Cup starts there but with nearly 20 World Cup starts on Kvitfjell -Kilde should be able to share with Shiffrin some inside knowledge of the mountain.
(Chances 11 and 12 ) Are 2 Races (SL, GS)
Date: March 11 and March 12
Shiffrinâs Record: 5 win in 17 total races (World Championships and World Cup)
Home of Shiffrinâs first World Cup win in Slalom and the 2019 World Championships won 2 of 3 races (SL, SG) and won bronze in 3rd race (GS).
All World Cup wins have been in Slalom (3 wins) and (6 podiums) in 8 World Cup SL races. Shiffrinâs record in the GS only 1 podium in 6 World Cup GS starts.
Ski fans anticipate that Ingemar Stenmark may be in attendance at Are. Stenmark was on hand for Vonnâs last run at Are in 2019
Soldeau World Cup Finals (Chances 13-16) - 4 Races (DH, SG, SL, GS)
Date: March 13 to March 19
Shiffrinâs record at Soldeau - 2 wins in 7 starts
Home of the 2019 World Cup Finals where Shiffrin won SL and GS and finished 4th in SG.
Other 4 races for Shiffrin at Soldeau were in 2016 (KO:8, SG:29) and 2012 (SL:10, GS:26)
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