The Road to Milan: Mikaela Shiffrin on Fear, Focus, and Finding Strength After Setback

Mikaela Shiffrin is the winningest alpine skier in history, with more than 100 World Cup victories, three Olympic medals, and eight World Championship titles, but even as she’s at the top of her sport, she’s the first to admit she’s still learning. In this conversation with NBC News correspondent Stephanie Gosk, Shiffrin opens up about resilience, fear, and the lessons that come from failure, including how she processed the heartbreak of Beijing, the perspective she’s gained since, and how she’s channeling it all into her pursuit of Milan-Cortina 2026.

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