Mikaela Shiffrin transformed the snowy slopes into her personal victory platform ⛷️🎉, securing yet another dominant performance in women’s slalom and etching her name deeper into the record books.
In a commanding display at the World Cup slalom event in Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Republic, on January 25, 2026, the American skiing superstar claimed her seventh win in eight races this season. Crossing the finish line with a combined two-run time of 1:37.59, Shiffrin outpaced runner-up Camille Rast of Switzerland by a massive 1.67 seconds—the largest margin of victory she’s posted all season. Germany’s Emma Aicher rounded out the podium in third.
This triumph not only marked Shiffrin’s 108th career World Cup victory (and her 71st in slalom alone, both all-time records) but also mathematically clinched the discipline’s Crystal Globe for the season. With an insurmountable 288-point lead over Rast in the standings and two slaloms remaining after the upcoming Olympics, Shiffrin becomes the first skier in the 60-year history of the World Cup to win nine season titles in a single discipline.
Reflecting on the milestone after the race, Shiffrin downplayed the historic achievement amid the intensity of competition. “It’s actually hard to think about that today because there was so much to think about on the race course,” she said. “So now it’s like a nice surprise.”
The victory came just a day after she earned her first giant slalom podium in two years at the same venue, building unstoppable momentum heading into the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics next month. Shiffrin, already a two-time Olympic gold medalist (slalom in 2014 and giant slalom in 2018), enters the Games as the overwhelming favorite in slalom.
Her consistency this season has been remarkable: seven wins, one second-place finish (the only race she didn’t win went to Rast in Slovenia), and dominant performances that have left the field trailing. The Czech resort holds special significance for Shiffrin too—it was the site of her World Cup debut back in 2011 at age 15.
As the skiing world turns its attention to the Olympics, Shiffrin continues to prove why she’s widely regarded as the greatest alpine skier of all time, rewriting records while making excellence look effortless. The queen of the slopes shows no signs of slowing down. 🏆✨🔥
