Mikaela Shiffrin: Triumph and tears after historical 100 victory!

In a dramatic change of feelings, Mikaela Shiffrin not only celebrated her 100th World Cup victory in Sestriere, but also revealed her inner fights. The 29-year-old US skiass achieved this historical success in a slalom and thus became the first athlete to break through the magical 100 mark in alpine ski racing. But despite this radiant moment, Shiffrin confesses that she has to deal with mental problems in the giant slalom that resulted from a severe fall last November. "The realization of how much afraid I am of an event that I loved two months ago was crushed my soul," she said in an Interview with Eurosport .

The emotional moment of her 100th victory celebration was a long way back out of the dark for Shiffrin. After a disappointing 25th place in the previous giant slalom, the worst result since 2014, it was under considerable pressure. "It feels more natural in the slalom," admitted the athlete. The joy of victory was overwhelming: "Today's race gives me confidence that I may be good at some point," said Shiffrin, while fighting wine cramps to express her gratitude. Ex-Ski runner Nici Schmidhofer commented on the complexity of Shiffrin's situation and explained that the fear that arises in the discipline in which one was injured is not easy to overcome, which Shiffrin has now experienced in her career reported .

a historical moment and the way back to strength

The historical victory catapults to the head of alpine skiing history. With 100 World Cup victories, she has heroically left the previous record of 86 wins. While she was fighting emotions, she realized that she has now entered the history books with Ingemar Stenmarks, but her thoughts keep going back to the challenges that are still in front of her. "The mountain that I still have in front of me is steep," she said of the degree of her uncertainty in the giant slalom, expectant, but at the same time realistic in terms of her sporting future.