Colorado’s Mikaëla Shiffrin delivered a masterclass on home snow Sunday, charging to victory in the Killington Giant Slalom and becoming the first skier – man or woman – to reach 104 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup wins.
Under bright sunshine and in front of a raucous American crowd that turned the Superstar trail into a red-white-and-blue sea, the 30-year-old from Edwards, Colorado, laid down two flawless runs to beat Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener by 0.62 seconds. Italy’s Federica Brignone rounded out the podium in third.
Shiffrin, who already owned the all-time record, extended her lead in the history books with a performance that blended surgical precision in the steeps with blazing speed on the flats. Her winning combined time of 1:54.17 left no doubt: even after a shortened 2024-25 season due to injury, the queen is firmly back on her throne.
“It’s pretty surreal,” Shiffrin said on the podium, voice cracking as the crowd chanted “U-S-A!” “This mountain, these fans, my family in the finish area – it’s everything I love about our sport. 104 just means I get to keep doing what I love for a little longer.”
The win also marked Shiffrin’s 16th career victory in Killington – the venue she calls her “second home” – and pushed her season tally to three victories in just four races contested so far.
With the overall World Cup title chase now wide open and the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics on the horizon, Shiffrin’s record-breaking day served notice: the most dominant skier of her generation is nowhere near done.
Colorado’s own brought it home. Again.
