CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — Mikaela Shiffrin appears to be finding her Olympic groove.
Shiffrin finished 11th in the giant slalom on Sunday, Feb. 15 at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics but showed a comfort level she didn't seem to have during her slalom run in the team combined event last week.
Her combined time in the two-run race was 2:14.42, 0.92 seconds behind Italy's Frederica Brignone, who collected her second gold medal of these Olympics. But Shiffrin was only 0.30 off the podium, which saw Sweden's Sara Hector and Norway's Thea Louise Stjernesund tie for silver.
Shiffrin is still chasing her elusive fourth Olympic medal, which would tie Julia Mancuso for most by an American woman in Alpine skiing. Her best event, the slalom, is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 18.
"I was pushing, trying to turn any nervous energy into more, sort of, intensity or taking the power from the course. ... And it felt good to push," Shiffrin said after the seond run.
