Shiffrin crowns Cortina comeback with historic slalom gold
Mikaela Shiffrin won the women’s slalom in Cortina 2026, earning Olympic gold 12 years after her Sochi triumph and becoming the oldest U.S. slalom gold medalist; after a difficult Beijing showing and coping with her father’s death, she delivered a dominant second run to win by 1.50 seconds, turning grief and pressure into a freeing, reinvigorated chapter in her Olympic story.