Olympics SPOILER: Women's Slalom

[cali]

A historic win for Mikaela Shiffrin who became the youngest winner of the event in Olympic history.

American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin, with the poise of someone 10 years older and the talent level of perhaps only herself, successfully made history Friday night at the Sochi Olympics.

Shiffrin, 18, of Eagle-Vail, Colo., won the gold medal in the women's slalom, beating, among others, a trio of legendary skiers – 29-year-old Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany, 30-year-old Tina Maze of Slovenia, and 32-year-old Marlies Schild of Austria.

Shiffrin was favored, after taking hold of the slalom discipline on the World Cup circuit in the past year (winning three of six slalom races this season) and winning a world championship last year in Schladming, Austria, becoming the youngest woman to win an alpine skiing world title since 1985.


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http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/sochi/2014/02/21/mikaela-shiffrin-womens-slalom-winter-olympics/5672533/


Shiffrin is a 2013 graduate of Burke Mountain Academy in Burke VT. The school has produced more members of the U.S. Ski Team than any other ski academy- by far. Since its founding in 1970, over 100 grads have made the national team and 40 have made Olympic teams- out of a total of around 800.

[springchick]

1. Congratulations to Mikaela Shiffrin for a job well done.