Legends not only make history, but continually elevate it to unprecedented heights. In Alpine skiing, that legend is Mikaela Shiffrin. Becoming the winningest skier yet again, she has her sights set on clinching her 90th World Cup at the upcoming Killington Race at the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2023/24.

Yet, despite her epic 89th previous win at the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2023/24, Mikaela Shiffrin has opened up about the backlash she has faced.

Mikaela Shiffrin gets brazen about backlash

In a recent Instagram post by Adidas TERREX, they shared a surprising snippet with brand ambassador Mikaela Shiffrin. In the video, Shiffrin spoke candidly about the weight of the enormous expectations people tend to set for her. She divulged an incident around 2017 when “the expectations climbed so high that when I then won a race by seven-tenths of a second, which is also a monumental margin, people were like, “What did you do wrong?”” Although she won the race, this moment remained with her, and she also confessed how it began to take a toll on her.

In the full interview on YouTube by the brand titled “Mikaela Shiffrin Unfiltered: Pure Connection with Alpine Skiing | adidas TERREX,” she shared that this “was a life-altering moment for me,” which also led to “pretty severe performance anxiety” in the next few seasons after it. For Shiffrin, this also developed into a negative emotion, and she harboured the “fear of disappointing other people.” But how was she able to move past this point and continue her trajectory?

A beacon of hope for the road ahead

The winningest Alpine skier, Mikaela Shiffrin, shared that, despite the hurdles, she continued her path to success. And now she has reached a place in her life where, if asked in an interview after a race, “What did you do wrong in this race?” she is able to answer excitedly and with pride, “Honestly, that was really great skiing.” For Shiffrin, the journey ahead continues to be exciting, even with 89 wins under her belt.

She is the only skier to ever do so, and she is now on her 100-win run journey. The upcoming Killington Race on November 27 and 28 at the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2023/24 on U.S. soil in Killington, Vermont, is an opportunity she is eyeing to win her 90th World Cup.

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And the question on everyone’s mind is, Will Mikaela Shiffrin clinch her this massive 90th win? What do you think? Comment below!

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