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It was Mikaela's 95th World Cup victory and 150th podium.1.Mikaela Shiffrin USA 2.Zrinka Ljutic CRO 3.Anna Swenn Larsson SWE

Mikaela Shiffrin edges slalom archrival Petra Vlhova for 94th career World Cup crown | NBC Sports - YouTube - Flachau,Austria

1.Mikaela Shiffrin - USA 2.Petra Vlhova - Slovakia 3.Sara Hector - Sweden

Mikaela Shiffrin STORMS to slalom win in Lienz, Austria for World Cup victory No. 93 | NBC Sports - YouTube - 29 December 2023

Team USA is astonished by Mikaela's achievements.Lena Duerr of Germany came in second,and Michelle Gisin of Switzerland was third.

Mikaela Shiffrin holds on for World Cup giant slalom win in Lienz, Austria - 28 December 2023

American Mikaela Shiffrin added to her GOAT credentials as she continued to rack up World Cup victories in her Giant Slalom win today.It was her 92nd World Cup gold.Italy's Federica Brignone came in second and Sara Hector of Sweden finished third.

Bode Miller interview about Mikaela Shiffrin #sheskis @atomic

Vlhova edges Shiffrin to claim win #30 | Audi FIS Alpine World Cup 23-24

Mikaela Shiffrin - 1st place - Downhill - St.Moritz - 9 December 2023.

Mikaela Shiffrin achieved her fourth career World Cup Downhill victory.Italian Sofia Goggia was 2nd ahd Italian Federica Brignone was 3rd.It was Mikaela's record-extending 91st World Cup victory,which is the most All-time World Cup victories male or female.

Mikaela Shiffrin 🇺🇸 - winner's post race interview, St Moritz women downhill,Dec 9 2023 #sheskis - YouTube - Atomic Ski Fans

Mikaela Shiffrin 🇺🇸 - Mont Tremblant GS, Dec 2, 2023, 1st run #weareskii...Atomic Ski Fans

With her third place finish,she tied the American record for most World Cup podium finishes (Ted Ligety).

USA's Mikaela Shiffrin has genuine reaction to CBC Radio-Canada reporter's eyes

It's just like Mikaela,so sweet and unaffected.

Mikaela Shiffrin surges to 90th World Cup win by .33 seconds over Vlhova | NBC Sports

Mikaela Shiffrin:American Teen is Alpine's New Star

Team USA won its second alpine skiing gold medal Friday as reigning World Champion Mikaela Shiffrin,18,beat two Austrians at their own game,the slalom.Shiffrin overcame a bobble when her left ski left the snow,a mark of a skier's strength and maturity,to win the slalom gold at the youngest age in Olympic history.Austria's Marlies Schild,32,whose 35 World Cup slalom victories are the most in history and is Shiffrin's idol,took the silver,and her compatriot Kathrin Zettel won the bronze,her first ever Olympic medal after years of effort.
The precocious American Shiffrin began competing in Europe at age 16,traveling with her mother.I want to get farther than anyone's ever gotten,Shiffrin said.She's been showing the aptitude and determination to do just that.*
In speedskating,Team USA had been shut out of the medals going into Friday,consternating team members and fans alike.This was remedied in the 5,000 meter short track relay,when Russia,led by anchor Victor Ahn,won the gold and the Americans with their anchor C.R.Celski hung on for silver,as China and the Netherlands fell to the wayside and Kazakhstan lagged behind.China ended up with the bronze.Still,the US won six short track medals at Vancouver 2010 and a total of 18 in Olympic history,so a sense of disappointment in their Sochi performance remains.*
The featured videos this week are both by Madonna:"Live To Tell" and "Like A Virgin."
"Live To Tell" unfolds to a height of drama seldom reached in a music video;while "Like A Virgin" takes us to Venice,a tribute to the Italian American Madonna's European roots.