Mikaela Shiffrin isn’t just chasing her 102nd World Cup win. She’s rewriting the playbook on how champions think, train, and win – and her new mantra is turning heads across the ski world.
“One of my big goals this season is efficiency, efficacy, and transparency, and in working on that I’m learning a lot about myself and the way that I operate.”
— Mikaela Shiffrin, pre-season press conference
Fresh off a confidence-boosting fourth place in Sölden – her best Giant Slalom result in nearly two years – the 30-year-old American superstar is using the rare 21-day break before Levi (Nov 15-16) to double down on a bold new approach: radical clarity.
No more guessing. No more overcomplicating. Just pure, focused execution.
“My team is more unified than ever,” Shiffrin told reporters. “The biggest thing I’m working on? Being brutally consistent in how I communicate – with my coaches, my techs, myself.”
This isn’t just talk. Shiffrin launched her new podcast, What’s the Point with Mikaela Shiffrin, during the downtime – pulling back the curtain on the mental grind behind her 101 victories and two Olympic golds.
And it’s working.
Her Sölden performance? A “huge step forward.”
Her energy? Electric.
Her goal? Crystal clear: dominate the North American swing, then storm Milano-Cortina 2026.
While rivals party in Mallorca or soak in hot tubs, Shiffrin is in the gym, on the snow, and in the mirror – building a version of herself that doesn’t just win races…
She wins systems.
With fiancé Aleksander Aamodt Kilde eyeing his own comeback in Beaver Creek, the power couple is all-in on 2025/26. Kids? “Not yet,” Kilde laughed. “Right now, it’s all about skiing.”
