"Slalom star Mikaela Shiffrin is set to make her 2026 Olympic debut on Tuesday in the women's Alpine team combined event in Cortina. The event pairs two skiers one racing the downhill, the second racing the slalom as a way to marry the two sides of competitive Alpine skiing, speed and technical. Shiffrin, 30, is the world's top slalom skier."
"Shiffrin will race Tuesday alongside Breezy Johnson, the 30-year-old skier who won the Olympic downhill race on Sunday. The pair won the team combined event at last year's World Championships in Hinterglemm, Austria, the first time the event was held at a major international skiing competition. The team format has replaced the traditional individual combined event, as the speed and technical disciplines in skiing have diverged to the point where it has become rare for skiers to race in both."
Mikaela Shiffrin will make her 2026 Olympic debut in the women's Alpine team combined event in Cortina alongside Breezy Johnson. The event pairs two skiers — one for downhill and one for slalom — to combine speed and technical skiing. Shiffrin, 30, has won seven of eight World Cup slalom races this winter and has 108 career World Cup wins, the most of any skier. Johnson won the Olympic downhill race on Sunday. The United States will enter four women's teams, including combinations with Jackie Wiles, Paula Moltzan, Bella Wright, Nina O'Brien, Keely Cashman and A.J. Hurt.
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