Shiffrin captured the women's slalom title at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Feb. 18 (Korean time) at the Tofane Alpine Ski Center in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. She posted a combined time of 1 minute, 39.10 seconds over two runs.
The victory marked Shiffrin's first Olympic gold since 2018. She previously won slalom gold at the 2014 Sochi Games and giant slalom gold, plus a silver in the combined, at the 2018 PyeongChang Games. She left the 2022 Beijing Games without a medal.
At these Games, Shiffrin had missed the podium in her first two events, finishing fourth in the team combined and 11th in the giant slalom.
In her signature event, she delivered. Shiffrin entered as the top slalom skier after winning all five women's slalom races on the 2025-26 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup circuit.
She led after the first run in 47.13 seconds. Though she slowed to 51.97 in the second run, her total time still held up for gold.
Switzerland's Camille Rast took silver in 1:40.60, and Sweden's Anna Swenn Larsson won bronze in 1:40.81.
South Korea's Kim Sohee (Seoul City Hall) and Park Seoyun (Korea National Sport University) did not finish the first run.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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