Alpine Skiingthe birth of the champion
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On March 11, 2011, the American talent began his adventure in the white circus with the giant of Spindleruv Mlyn. Since that day 188 races, 102 podiums and 69 victories, the first of which in Are where, between Friday and Saturday, he will face two "special" slaloms and will celebrate his 26 years already as a champion in the history of skiing.
Thursday 11 March 2021 3 minutes reading time
Ten years today, from that day when the white circus welcomed that little girl, who 48 hours later would have turned only 16, fresh from bronze in the slalom of the junior world championships in Crans-Montana, just a month earlier.
It was 11 March 2011 and in the giant Spindleruv Mlyn, Mikaela Shiffrin made her World Cup debut: bib n ° 46 for the first of the two technical races in the Czech Republic, in which she did not qualify for the 2nd heat while Viktoria Rebensburg was going to dominate in front of Denise Karbon, second, and Lindsey Vonn third with Maze and Brignone (the only one of that top 15 still in business!) At the foot of the podium. The next day, the girl who arrived from Eagle did not pass the 1st heat even in slalom, and then began her impressive climb at the beginning of the following season, with her second race between the narrow poles in CdM that brought her, the November 27, 2011, in 8th place on the snow of Aspen.
And from there here is the first podium, just over a month later (29 December 2011), with 3rd place in Lienz and almost a year later, it was 20 December 2012, the first cup victory, always in slalom and in that case in "his" Are.
There is a special bond between Mikaela and the Swedish town, where in 2019 she took her fourth consecutive world title in her favorite discipline and, between tomorrow and Saturday, she will face two crucial slaloms for the race to another crystal ball. of specialties, celebrating his 26th birthday on March 13th.
From Spindleruv Mlyn to Jasna, the scene of the last race held last Sunday, Shiffrin put together 188 World Cup races, with 102 podiums and 69 victories, including 45 in slalom. Need to add more? And the story goes on ...
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