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Mikaela Shiffrin has accumulated more World Cup wins than any alpine skier and had three Olympic medals to her name entering the 2026 Games, including two golds. But for the United States' star skier, no win may have felt as good as Wednesday's in the slalom.
Shiffrin, who came into this year's Winter Olympics on a cold stretch in the competition after going 0-for-6 for medals in 2022, claimed gold in her top event to conclude her schedule in Milan. And she didn't just sneak by with her first Olympic gold medal in eight years — she completely dominated her competition.
Shiffrin's margin of victory in Wednesday's slalom runs was one of the largest in Olympic history, and she also made history as the oldest U.S. gold medalist in women's alpine skiing ever.
Here's a look at Shiffrin's terrific performance in the slalom at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
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Mikaela Shiffrin slalom run
Shiffrin set herself up nicely in Run 1, going for a 47.13 time that ranked first and allowed her to be the final skier of Run 2, seeking her gold medal.
Mikaela Shiffrin has a DOMINANT first run in the women's slalom! pic.twitter.com/QHZvErn2gW
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) February 18, 2026Even with some room for error, Shiffrin didn't let up in Run 2. She posted a 51.97, the second-best time of Run 2, to easily overtake the leaderboard for gold.
A GOLDEN MOMENT FOR MIKAELA SHIFFRIN. 🥇 pic.twitter.com/HVBmdC0TW2
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) February 18, 2026Olympic women's slalom scores
Here are the full results from the top-10 times in the women's slalom.
| Rank | Skier | Country | Time |
| 1 | Mikaela Shiffrin | United States | 1:39.10 |
| 2 | Camille Rast | Switzerland | 1:40.60 |
| 3 | Anna Larsson Swenn | Sweden | 1:40.81 |
| 4 | Wendy Holdener | Switzerland | 1:41.03 |
| 5 | Katharina Truppe | Austria | 1:41.10 |
| 6 | Katharina Huber | Austria | 1:41.18 |
| 7 | Melanie Meillard | Switzerland | 1:41.25 |
| 8 | Paula Moltzan | United States | 1:41.29 |
| 9 | Emma Aicher | Germany | 1:41.59 |
| 10 | Caitlin McFarlane | France | 1:41.78 |
Mikaela Shiffrin margin of victory
Shiffrin's gold-medal time of 1:39.10 in the slalom was 1.5 seconds better than Camille Rast's 1:40.60 for silver — which may not seem like a major difference, but in alpine skiing, was a historically dominant performance.
Per Nick Zaccardi, Shiffrin's margin of victory, 1.5 seconds, was the largest in any Olympic Alpine skiing event since 1998.
Here's another incredible stat on Shiffrin's win: if you add up the margin of victory in the Olympic women's slalom between every race from 1998-2022, it would be 1.51 seconds.
Shiffrin's win came by 1.5 seconds.
Mikaela Shiffrin wins the slalom gold medal by 1.50 seconds
If you add up the winning margins of the winners at the 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022 women's slalom, you get 1.51 seconds
According to data from Alpine Ski Database, here are the largest margins of victory in a women's Olympic slalom race ever:
| Winner | Country | Margin of Victory | Second Place | Year of Olympics |
| Anne Heggtveit | Canada | 3.30 seconds | Betsy Snite (U.S.) | 1960 |
| Renee Colliard | Switzerland | 3.10 seconds | Regina Schoepf (Austria) | 1956 |
| Vreni Schneider | Switzerland | 1.68 seconds | Mateja Svet (Slovakia) | 1988 |
| Mikaela Shiffrin | United States | 1.50 seconds | Camille Rast (Switzerland) | 2026 |
| Hanni Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 1.41 seconds | Christa Kinshofer (Germany) | 1980 |
| Paoletta Magoni | Italy | 0.91 seconds | Perrine Pelen (Frace) | 1984 |
| Christine Goitschel | France | 0.91 seconds | Marielle Goitscheln (France) | 1964 |
| Andrea Mead Lawrence | United States | 0.80 seconds | Ossi Reichert (Germany) | 1952 |
| Mikaela Shiffrin | United States | 0.53 seconds | Marlies Schlid (Austria) | 2014 |
| Gretchen Fraser | United States | 0.50 seconds | Antoinette Meyer (Switzerland) | 1948 |
| Maria Riesch Hoefl | Germany | 0.43 seconds | Marlies Schild (Austria) | 2010 |
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How old is Mikaela Shiffrin?
Mikaela Shiffrin is 30 years old.
By winning a gold medal in Wednesday's Olympic slalom event, she became the oldest U.S. woman to win Olympic gold in alpine skiing.
Shiffrin also owns the other age-related record, holding the title as the youngest U.S. woman to win Olympic gold in alpine skiing — she claimed the record at the 2014 Sochi Games, when she was 18 years old.
Mikaela Shiffrin’s last Olympic medal
The Winter Olympics only coming every four years plays a part in it, but considering Shiffrin's dominance in the alpine skiing world, it had been some time since she claimed an Olympic medal.
Her last medal prior to the 2026 Games came in 2018, when she took gold in the giant slalom and silver in the team combined event.
Overall, Shiffrin now owns four Olympic medals in her career, three of which are gold.
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