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America’s Greatest Skier Did Something Nobody Has Done Before

America has a brand new reason to cheer, and her name is Mikaela Shiffrin. The 30-year-old ski superstar delivered one of the most emotionally charged performances in Winter Olympics history, blazing down the slalom course in the stunning Italian Dolomites to claim gold and end an eight-year wait for an Olympic medal that felt like an entire lifetime in the making. Shiffrin took a commanding lead of nearly a full second after her very first run, then skied the second run even more brilliantly, winning by 1.5 seconds in the biggest victory margin in any Olympic Alpine race in almost 30 years. The gold is her third of her career, making her the most decorated American Alpine skier in Olympic history, and she became the first Alpine skier ever to win gold medals a stunning 12 years apart in the same event.

What made the moment even more powerful was what Shiffrin shared afterward about the quiet pause she took at the finish line before celebrating. She revealed that between her two runs she had begun to cry while thinking about her late father Jeff, who passed away several years ago and never got the chance to see her ski here in Cortina. After years of searching for the feeling of spiritual connection that others described with loved ones they had lost, she said this was the very first moment she truly found it, choosing to kneel silently in the snow and simply be still with him. America watched a champion become something far greater that day, a reminder that the greatest victories are not always measured in seconds but in the quiet courage it takes to keep going when life has asked you to carry something heavy.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/mikaela-shiffrin-father-olympic-gold-medal-b2923549.html

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