Mikaela Shiffrin just turned her backyard hill into a personal highlight reel.
The 30-year-old American delivered a masterclass on the Home Groomer course Sunday, obliterating the women’s slalom field by a staggering 1.57 seconds to claim her 104th World Cup victory and extend one of the most untouchable streaks in sport.
First run: fastest. Second run: even faster. Combined time: 1:48.75. Germany’s Lena Dürr took second, teenage sensation Lara Colturi (Albania) third, but this was never a contest. Shiffrin led by 0.28 after run one and then skied the final like the mountain owed her money.
Moments after crossing the line, she looked up at the Colorado sky, smiled, and posted the quote that’s already everywhere:
“I connected with the track so nice and it was beautiful to ski.”
Translation: when Mikaela Shiffrin is in this kind of mood, nobody else is skiing the same race.
The win locks her spot on the 2026 U.S. Olympic team, pushes her slalom career total to 67 (still growing), and leaves her with a perfect 300 points in the discipline standings. She now owns a 90-point lead overall after just four races this season.
A day earlier she’d fought to 14th in giant slalom. Twenty-four hours later she reminded everyone that slalom remains her kingdom.
Redemption note: exactly one year ago, a violent crash on this same hill sidelined her for two months. Sunday she came back and dropped the biggest winning margin in a World Cup slalom since… well, the last time she felt this good.
Next stop: Tremblant, Canada. But after today, the rest of the tour might already be skiing for second.
104 and counting. Still beautiful. Still the GOAT. 🇺🇸🐐
