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Mikaela Shiffrin equalled Ingemar Stenmark’s 86 World Cup wins on Friday, and the world of winter sports took to social media to praise her remarkable achievement.
Shiffrin took a giant slalom victory in Are as she beat out a pack including Federica Bringnone and Sara Hector to pull level with Stenmark. Shiffrin said it was the “greatest honour of my career to be mentioned in the same sentence as Ingemar Stenmark”.
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The victory in Are was Shiffrin’s fourth straight win in World Cup giant slaloms since January and she also won gold in the event at last month’s World Championships in Meribel, France.
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She also claimed the season-long World Cup giant slalom title – her 15th career crystal globe trophy – having already won her fifth overall and seventh slalom title this season.
FIS Alpine were one of the first to pay tribute to Shiffrin’s historic efforts, declaring: “A circle closes!”
Ilka Stuhec followed up calling her the greatest of all time.
The US Alpine Ski Team recognised greatness, and Team USA lauded her as a history-maker.
Aleksander Aamodt Kilde – Shiffrin’s partner and peer – also praised the 27-year-old.
And another women’s great, Lindsey Vonn, believes Shiffrin is at the top of her game.
The outright record now beckons for Shiffrin, with the world’s leading Alpine skiers returning for the slalom on Saturday. The first run is at 09:15 GMT, with Shiffrin hoping to shoot for history in the second run from 12:15 GMT.
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Mikaela Shiffrin, the Olympic skiing gold medalist athlete, continues to show her prowess on the slopes as she became the first female skier to achieve 86 wins in the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup on Tuesday, setting a new record.
The achievement was celebrated by all throughout the alpine skiing community. Fans, coaches, and even fellow World Cup competitors praised her as her victory was made.
“GOAT!” (The Greatest of All Time) said the headline of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard, who were among many who congratulated Shiffrin on her spectacular win. The 25-year-old American achieved her 86th World Cup victory with a strong performance in the women’s slalom at Satu Mare, Romania, with a commanding 0.81 second lead over her closest competitor, Petra Vlhova.
Shiffrin has now become the most decorated female winner in the history of the World Cup. Her coaches, Patrick Riml and Mike Day, both expressed their immense pride over the achievement as Riml noted, “This truly is a remarkable milestone, not only for women’s alpine skiing, but for the sport as a whole.”
Shiffrin has had an extensive list of achievements to her name throughout the past six years and her 86th win has placed her above the likes of Austria’s Annemarie Moser-Proell and Switzerland’s Vreni Schneider, who both previously held the record with 85 wins.
Off the slopes, Shiffrin is hugely admired for the way in which she engages with her fans and takes the time to communicate on social media with her followers.
As Shiffrin said after her win on Tuesday, “I’m incredibly proud of what I have accomplished so far, but I know there is still much more I can do. I look forward to pushing onwards and upwards and embracing the challenge.”
The alpine skiing community is already looking forward to see what other feats Mikaela Shiffrin is capable of achieving as her talent continues to astound.
Congratulation, Mikaela Shiffrin, who has broken yet another record on her journey to becoming the GOAT!
