Shiffrin Goes for 99th World Cup Win

22nd November 2024

The US skier is competing in the slalom at Gurgl in Austria. PlanetSKI is slopeside. NEW

At the bib draw on the eve of the race Shiffrin drew huge cheers from the hundreds that had gathered.

Gurgl World Cup.
Image © PlanetSKI

“I am so excited to be here in Gurgl but it looks like it is going to be pretty cold so I don’t know how many layers I need to be wearing on race day.”

Gurgl World Cup. Image © PlanetSKI

She drew bib No 1 – perhaps an omen of things to come.

The US skier is in un-chartered territory.

It was previously thought no ski racer would ever get the magic number of 100 wins, but Shiffrin has proved everyone wrong.

She overtook the 86-win record of the legendary Ingemar Stenmark last season.

Mikaela Shiffin – the greatest alpine ski racer of all time

Last week she took her 98th World Cup in Levi, Finland

Shiffrin takes 98th World Cup win

PlanetSKI first heard about Mikalea Shiffrin when she was a 16-year old racer trying to make her name back in 2012.

At the time she was the youngest US skier to have stood on a World Cup Podium for 30 years.

She was interviewed by PlanetSKI editor, James Cove, co-incidently in Obergurgl, for a series we were running at the time called ‘Chairlift Chats’ as James spotted her potential.

Mikaela and James in 2012. Image © PlanetSKI

To see how she does on Saturday do check back.

As well as the racing PlanetSKI’s James Cove is also making his first ski trip of the winter of 2024/25 and will be updating on the snow conditions and what is new for next winter in the high-altitude Austrian resort.