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With the aurora borealis teasing the horizon, the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup returns to its technical roots in Levi, Finland, this weekend. American icon Mikaela Shiffrin, the 30-year-old trailblazer from Edwards, Colorado, arrives as the undisputed queen of the slopes, gunning for her 102nd career World Cup victory in Saturday’s women’s slalom—a tally that cements her as the all-time leader, having shattered Ingemar Stenmark’s record of 86 wins back in March 2023 and hitting the unprecedented 100-mark in February of this year. Levi’s infamous Black course, a slalom fixture since 2001, holds a special allure for Shiffrin. She’s dominated…

As the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup season builds momentum toward the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics, American superstar Mikaela Shiffrin is set to deliver a festive early holiday treat for fans. With a playful nod to Santa’s sleigh, U.S. Ski & Snowboard has announced that Shiffrin will chase “reindeer number 9” in the women’s slalom opener this Saturday at Copper Mountain, Colorado – her home turf and a pivotal stop in the 2025/26 campaign. The event, part of a North American swing that kicks off the technical racing calendar stateside, promises high-stakes action as Shiffrin eyes another podium in her…

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Two-time Olympic champion and reigning World Cup slalom globe holder Mikaela Shiffrin heads into the 2025-26 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup season opener this weekend in Levi with quiet confidence and a familiar spring in her step. The 30-year-old American, who has claimed a record 60 World Cup slalom victories, completed her final training block in Copper Mountain, Colorado, last week before traveling to the Arctic Circle. Shiffrin posted a series of social-media clips showing crisp, aggressive turns on injected early-season snow—signals that her technical precision remains untouched despite a condensed off-season. “Levi is always special,” Shiffrin said during Thursday’s…

Mikaela Shiffrin, the most decorated alpine skier in World Cup history, will chase her 102nd career victory and ninth triumph at Levi on Saturday, competing on a course built entirely from snow harvested and preserved from previous seasons. The Arctic Circle resort, a fixture on the World Cup calendar since 2004, has pioneered snow-farming techniques to guarantee race-ready slopes regardless of natural snowfall. With temperatures already below freezing and fresh snow falling this week, Levi’s slopes will nonetheless rely on a base layer composed of 100% recycled snow. Each spring, resort crews stockpile approximately 40,000 cubic metres of snow—up from…

Zrinka Ljutić isn’t whispering; she’s declaring. The 19-year-old Croatian, bib No. 1 for Saturday’s slalom, told HRT TV post-draw: “Levi’s been waiting. This year it’s my turn.” The clip’s 400k X views in an hour ignited #MyTurnOrHers. Ljutić, 2025 slalom Globe champ and world gold medalist, leads a youth surge against Shiffrin’s empire. Shiffrin, unfazed on the bus: “Kid’s got guts. Thursday splits? Ljutić led first run by 0.09; Shiffrin erased it with a 0.14-second second-run surge. Net: Shiffrin +0.05.

The 47-second clip—raw POV from Shiffrin’s helmet cam—shows the Levi Black course at race speed: gates flashing, ice shards exploding, her breath syncing with each pole plant. No music. No cuts. Just the sound of edges screaming and a single exhale at the finish: “Yesss.” Rivals watched on the lift. Ljutić: “I felt motion sick—and I wasn’t even skiing.” Holdener: “That’s not a training run. That’s a warning.” Shiffrin starts bib 1 Saturday, 10:15 CET. The clip loops on her phone. Volume: max. Live on Peacock, Eurosport, FIS YouTube. #ShiffrinPOV

In the frozen quiet of a Norwegian fjord-side cabin, as the clock struck midnight and the northern lights flickered like a private light show, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde did what champions do best: He passed the torch. Not with a grand gesture or a viral video, but with a simple, searing text that lit up Mikaela Shiffrin’s phone halfway across the Arctic Circle. “Go get it, my queen.” The message—sent at 00:07 CET from Kilde’s rehab retreat in Voss, Norway—arrived just as Shiffrin wrapped a late-night film session in her Levi hotel room, dissecting gate footage from the day’s training. She…

Mikaela Shiffrin doesn’t whisper when she’s angry. She carves.Three days before the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup women’s slalom in Levi, the 30-year-old American stood at the bottom of the Levi Black course, goggles pushed up, breath fogging in the −12 °C air, and delivered a line that instantly ricocheted across skiing’s digital universe. “I’m not here to survive Levi,” she told a huddle of reporters, voice low but edged like her 13-meter Atomic slaloms. “I’m here to own it.” The quote—captured on a shaky iPhone video by a Finnish junior racer—exploded within minutes. By nightfall #OwnLevi was the…

As the chill of the Arctic Circle settles over the snow-dusted slopes of Levi, the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup ignites its technical heart with a festive flourish. American superstar Mikaela Shiffrin has fired the starting gun on social media, declaring “IT’S RACE WEEK” alongside the event hashtags #fisalpine #worldcuplevi, setting the tone for a weekend brimming with high-stakes slalom action and holiday cheer. The 60th edition of the World Cup calendar marks Levi as the early-season slalom epicenter, hosting women’s and men’s events on November 15-16. Women’s slalom kicks off Saturday with the first run at 11:00 CET, followed…