Overview
- Mikaela Shiffrin enters Semmering having won five straight World Cup slaloms, each by more than one second, a run no skier had matched for margins.
- Women’s giant slalom runs are scheduled Saturday at 4:00 a.m. ET and 7:00 a.m. ET, with the slalom Sunday at 8:15 a.m. ET and 11:45 a.m. ET on NBCSN and Peacock.
- Her giant-slalom form is still rebuilding after a November 2024 crash, with season GS finishes of fourth, 14th, sixth and fourth.
- Semmering has been a strong venue for Shiffrin, with seven wins in her last nine GS/SL starts there, though she last raced the hill in December 2022.
- Lara Colturi of Albania and Switzerland’s Camille Rast are cited as her primary challengers in this weekend’s slalom.