"Shiffrin, considered by many the greatest alpine skier in history, saw her incandescent career come full circle on Wednesday beneath the jagged limestone peaks above Cortina d'Ampezzo, winning her signature race by 1.50sec an eternity in slalom racing and the largest winning margin in any Olympic alpine skiing event in nearly three decades to end an eight-year medal drought that had started to overtake the conversation."
"As the raw emotion bubbled over in Wednesday's aftermath, a reflective Shiffrin described how winning her first Olympic gold since her father's death in 2020 did not feel like a continuation so much as starting over. Everything in life that you do after you lose someone you love is like a new experience, she said. It's like being born again. And I still have so many moments where I resist this."
Mikaela Shiffrin became the youngest Olympic slalom champion at 18 and later accumulated a record 108 World Cup victories. She endured two major crashes, prolonged battles with self-doubt and post-traumatic stress disorder, and an eight-year Olympic medal drought spanning three Games. Her father's death in 2020 deepened the emotional challenge and eroded trust in her skiing. Beneath the limestone peaks above Cortina d'Ampezzo, she won the Olympic slalom by 1.50 seconds, the largest margin in nearly three decades, claiming a second Olympic slalom gold. Winning after loss felt like beginning anew, with acceptance and moments of resisting life without her father.
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