Mikaela Shiffrin Achieves History With Gold in Final Olympics Event
Summary
On the last day of the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics, Mikaela Shiffrin won a gold medal in the women's slalom event, marking her third Olympic gold and making history as the first U.S. Alpine skier to achieve this. She completed the event with a total time of 1:39.10, beating competitors from Switzerland and Sweden.Key Facts
- Mikaela Shiffrin won the gold medal in the women's slalom at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics.
- Her total time for the slalom event was 1:39.10.
- Switzerland's Camille Rast won the silver medal with a time of 1:40.60.
- Sweden's Anna Larsson Swenn earned the bronze with a time of 1:40.81.
- Shiffrin is the first U.S. Alpine skier to win three Olympic gold medals.
- She previously won gold medals in the 2014 Sochi and 2018 PyeongChang Olympics.
- Her victory came after a disappointing start in earlier events at the same Olympics.
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