Shiffrin won another Olympic gold medal in the slalom on Wednesday afternoon. It was Shiffrin's third Olympic gold medal, although her first in eight years, and those eight years are the spine of her story. View this story and more Olympics coverage here.
With slalom gold, Mikaela Shiffrin rewrites her story and finds freedom
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Mikaela Shiffrin poses with the gold medal she won in women's slalom Wednesday at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
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