CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Take that, haters. Mikaela Shiffrin’s Olympic drought is over.
Shiffrin won gold in the slalom Wednesday, Feb. 18, her first medal since winning a silver in the combined at the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang. It snapped an 0-for-8 streak at the Winter Games, which included DNFs in three events four years ago.
It is Shiffrin's second gold in the Olympic slalom and third overall, tying her with snowboarder Shaun White and bobsledder Kaillie Humphries for second-most golds by a U.S. Winter Olympian. Speedskaters Bonnie Blair and Eric Heiden each won five golds.
It also is Shiffrin's fourth Olympic medal, tying her with Julia Mancuso for most by a U.S. woman in Alpine skiing.
The American women finish the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics with three Alpine skiing medals, matching their second-most at a single Winter Games. In addition to Shiffrin, Breezy Johnson won gold in the downhill, and Paula Moltzan and Jackie Wiles won bronze in the team combined.
