Shiffrin tees up potential for 100th win at Killington

By Polly Mikula

Mikaela Shiffrin, 29, the two-time Olympic gold medalist, six-time Stifel Killington Cup slalom winner and the winningest Alpine skier in history is set to crack another milestone:  a historic 100th World Cup win, and it could happen this weekend at Killington Resort.

The milestone is monumental.

Two years ago in January 2023 she surpassed Lindsey Vonn’s record of 82 World Cup wins, then two months later she surpassed Ingemar Stenmark, who held the men’s record at 86, making her the winningest Alpine skier in history. Since then she’s continued to extend her lead.

At last year’s Killington Cup, Mikaela Shiffrin won her 90th FIS World Cup race , one of her nine World Cup wins last season.

She began this season with 97 World Cup wins (and 152 podiums), and has since won both Slalom races leading up to the Killington Cup — Nov. 16 in Levi, Finland, and Nov. 23 in Gurgl, Austria — teeing up the possibility for her to hit the 100th milestone here this weekend at Killington.

Despite her dominance (she’s won six of the past seven Slalom races at Killington and all four of the Slalom races she’s competed in since returning from a knee injury last January), Shiffrin was humble when speaking to the Associated Press before arriving in Vermont. 

“It’s not impossible but so many things have to go right,” she said of the possibility of securing her 100th victory at Killington. “So, from the outside, it looks like it is supposed to happen this way. But it takes, like even today, so much energy to bring out my top skiing, so it’s certainly not easy… I am not taking that for granted.”

“I guess there is a bit of pressure around it, but I try to ignore that,” Shiffrin added. “If it happens, it’s wonderful, if it doesn’t happen it’s kind of nothing to cry about in the grand scheme, but I hope to have a really good performance in front of the home crowd.”

The Stifel Killington Cup will take place over Thanksgiving weekend. A bib draw, deejay dance party and fireworks event will take place Friday night, Nov. 29, outside the K-1 base area, followed by a Giant Slalom race on Saturday and Slalom on Sunday.

General admission tickets are available for $10 at killington.com/worldcup.