Overall World Cup: Shiffrin sees others as favorites

The 25-year-old had far fewer training days than usual due to the death of her father in February, the corona pandemic and, most recently, a back injury and therefore only wants to compete in slaloms and giant slaloms for the time being. “The overall ranking is not an issue,” she said on Wednesday evening in Courchevel, where two World Cup giant slaloms are scheduled for the weekend. “I only want to set goals that are realistic,” said the long-time dominator. This season, others are the favorites for the big crystal ball, such as Petra Vlhova (Slovakia), defending champion Federica Brignone (Italy) and Michelle Gisin (Switzerland). “I don’t count myself among them,” Shiffrin said. Because of the lack of training, “I will have to catch up throughout the season,” she predicted. And that is not possible in all disciplines, which is why the focus is on the technology events. “That makes the most sense and was always my priority,” said the two-time Olympic champion and five-time world champion, who won the overall World Cup three times from 2017 to 2019. “Sometimes I wake up and don’t feel like eating anything except bacon and eggs.” Mikaela Shiffrin Because of her stroke of fate, it is often difficult for her to get up to training. “Sometimes I wake up and I don’t want anything except bacon and eggs,” Shiffrin said. Father Jeff is very much missed as a source of calm and organizer. “Every day feels like a new start. Everything we do right now is like being born again. This is the first time we’ve done all this without my dad as a safety net.”

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Overall World Cup: Shiffrin sees others as favorites

The exceptional American ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin sees little chance of winning the overall ranking in the World Cup this winter.

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