Mikaela Shiffrin has locked up the World Cup slalom title with two races to spare and became the first skier with nine season titles in one discipline.

Shiffrin won for the seventh time in eight slalom races this year, clinching the crystal globe and stamping her place as Olympic favorite.

Snow has been hard to find around Durango and Colorado, but that hasn’t stopped the Durango High School Alpine ski team from putting together some impressive results with the postseason on the

Slalom world champion Loic Meillard posted the fastest time and World Cup discipline leader Atle Lie McGrath skied out in the opening run of the final event of the classic Hahnenkamm weekend.

Mikaela Shiffrin is already the all-time winningest Alpine ski racer as she heads to the Winter Games in Italy. Over her career, she has faced obstacles, injuries, and even post-crash PTSD.

Bormio’s classic Stelvio Piste will provide thrills and drama at the Winter Olympics.

Mikaela Shiffrin finished on the podium in a World Cup giant slalom race on Saturday, marking the first time she accomplished that feat since January 2024.

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Originally scheduled for Feb. 6-8, it would have been the 37th such event at the ski area. It was most recently cancelled in 2024.

Alpine skiing in its Olympic form dates back more than a century and the sport made its debut at the 1936 Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Events have been modified over the years, but the individual competitions familiar to most fans like downhill and slalom remain.