(C) Daily Kos
This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered.
. . . . . . . . . .
She Did It! Mikaela Shiffrin is officially the "Greatest of all time." Surpasses Stenmark [1]
['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags']
Date: 2023-03-11
Wow! Our local ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin has broken the record! We in Eagle County, Colorado claim local pride because we have followed Mikaela her entire career. In fact, for her first Olympics, a local restaurant aired her race live to a crowded and excited room of locals. I have a “Mikaela” cowbell that I rang in celebration this morning as I heard the news on the radio.
Well done Mikaela!
From the Vail Daily: Ryan Sederquist
What was once imminent is now official. Mikaela Shiffrin stands alone atop the World Cup Alpine ski wins list.
Two days before her 28th birthday, the Edwards skier claimed her 87th-career World Cup victory, surpassing the mark set by Ingemar Stenmark over 30 years ago. Her combined two-run time on the Störtloppsbacken slope was 1 minute, 41.77 seconds, 0.92 seconds ahead of Swiss skier Wendy Holdener and 0.95 in front of Swede Anna Swenn-Larsson.
At the bottom, the FIS public address announcer brought up the phrase, “the greatest of all time.”
“Pretty hard to comprehend that thought,” Shiffrin said.
“To the whole team and especially all the people who have helped me this whole season and my whole career. All the people who are reaching out now after all these years, it’s pretty incredible and I just want to say thank you for that.”
The victory, Shiffrin’s 13th this season, comes exactly 12 years to the day after her first race on the World Cup. She made her debut as a 15-year-old at a giant slalom in Spindleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic. In her first run, the American icon was the fifth starter and gained time on then-leader Holdener at every check point. With the fastest splits in all but one sector, Shiffrin’s 50.93-second mark was 0.69-seconds faster than hometown favorite Swenn-Larsson and 0.94 ahead of Holdener in third. American Paula Moltzan sat in fifth, 1.27 seconds back.
[END]
---
[1] Url:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/11/2157461/-She-Did-It-Mikaela-Shiffrin-is-officially-the-Greatest-of-all-time-Surpasses-Stenmark
Published and (C) by Daily Kos
Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified.
via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds:
gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/
