Team USA’s Mikaela Shiffrin finally secured another Winter Olympics gold medal on Wednesday as she reigned supreme in the women’s slalom.

It had been a disappointing games for the 30-year-old skier, who could only manage 11th and 4th in the giant slalom and team events earlier on in Milan.

Those results threatened to extend her Winter Olympics agony. She failed to medal in any of her events at Beijing 2022 and was on an 0-8 streak.

But Shiffrin showed her undoubted quality by finishing over a second quicker than Switzerland’s world champion Camille Rast to return to the top step of the podium. Anna Swenn Larsson of Sweden took bronze.

After delivering an exquisite second run to build on her 0.82-run lead from the morning, Shiffrin stopped in the finish area to take it all, slowly squatted and was embraced by the other medalists.

Then all the emotion came out: Shiffrin pumped her fists to the crowd and then was fighting back tears as she approached her mom and coach, Eileen.

More to follow. 

Mikaela Shiffrin finally won gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics, regaining the slalom title

Shiffrin finished almost a second quicker than Germany’s Lena Durr to claim her gold medal

Shiffrin finished over a second quicker than Switzerland’s Camille Rast (L) while Anna Swenn Larsson of Sweden took bronze