"You're standing there and you can see the whole GS course laid out in front of you," said Shiffrin, who has won more World Cup races (108) than anyone in history. Although she has 22 World Cup giant slalom wins — more than anyone — Shiffrin endured a long dry spell in the discipline. That said, since the end of 2025, she has been steadily improving, going from sixth to fifth to fourth to third in World Cup finishes leading into the Olympics. Shiffrin is also dealing with the post-traumatic stress of an accident in a World Cup giant slalom race in Killington, Vt., in November 2024. I'd see it happening on the course ahead of me, on the mountain range that I was looking down at."

Source: Los Angeles Times February 15, 2026 23:16 UTC