Mikaela Shiffrin reveals plans for the season: "Yes to super-g. Zermatt / Cervinia? I won't be there"

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The World Cup holder will focus again on giant and slalom, but she has also worked a lot in speed, excluding however the descent (albeit not completely). "Soelden? I trained very well between wide gates in Chile, but we'll see everyone's level for the opening."

Friday 30 September 2022 6 minutes reading time

Last season, after the two very troubled previous years conditioned by the death of dad Jeff, the covid and some physical problems, Mikaela Shiffrin returned to conquer the most important crystal ball, the fourth of her career which places her at "minus 2 ”From a legend like Annemarie Moser-Proell. The Colorado champion, however, does not want to talk about the main objective of each year in the white circus, in the interview she granted to "Team USA" and in which she however addressed interesting topics, starting from the now clear choice to focus on three disciplines, including slalom, giant and super-g, as he did on the other hand in 2021/22 by winning the World Cup without the contribution of the descent, with the exception (and not a little) of the victory in the queen discipline at finals of Courchevel Méribel. The demonstration that, if there is a need to collect "extra" points, Shiffrin will be ready to do so but will start with a very specific focus in mind, thinking about the technical specialties where to make a difference. Despite a positive covid costing several points in the "hot period" at the end of December, with the Lienz stage lost for that reason, it was enough for Mikaela to excel between slalom and giant, but also taking home 380 very heavy points in super-g, where he actually "punctured" only the Cortina race, winning four podiums including second place in the finals. The star of the US national team has returned from 21 days full of skiing in Chile, without any training day lost due to weather conditions, then returned home for a few days of relaxation (with a visit to the game of his Denver Broncos, ed), the last before the trip to Europe and the start of the season, scheduled for 22 October in Soelden. "In the period of preparation, both spring and summer, I felt fewer situations out of my control than in previous years - told the multiple world champion and Olympic champion to Team USA - I do my best when everything is in its place and I can say having concluded the camp in Chile with a truly perfect giant training. It's nice when you feel a sensation and a fluidity of that kind at the end of a long job ". First objective, therefore, the trio in Soelden where Shiffrin returned to win last year, bending Lara Gut-Behrami after a great duel. “For the opening it is always difficult to understand what level you are at, even compared to your opponents. I will certainly be a bit nervous and at the same time excited ”. In Chile, the absolute cup holder avoided downhill training, also due to the conditions of the winter snow, but did not exclude some appearances of the queen discipline, however announcing as of now that we will not see her in the "Speed Opening" of 5 -6 November in Zermatt / Cervinia. "As I approach the end of my career, I try to be intelligent about the choices I make - analyzed Mikaela, who last year took part in the two inaugural descents of Lake Louise, where however things went badly - It can be said with certainty that I will make a some work at speed, but more than anything else I'll aim for some super-g races and see where I can enter the descent ”. Maybe at the World Championships, even if next February the women will not compete on “L''Eclypse” in Courchevel where Shiffrin did so well in the last finals, but in that of Méribel.

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