Overview
- On February 18 in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Shiffrin won women’s slalom by 1.50 seconds over Switzerland’s Camille Rast, the largest Olympic alpine margin since 1998.
- The victory made her the first U.S. skier with three Olympic golds and gave her four Olympic medals overall, surpassing Lindsey Vonn among American women’s alpine skiers.
- Shiffrin captioned her celebration with Taylor Swift’s “Ruin the Friendship” lyric; Swift replied on Instagram, “HISTORIC 🥇🥇🥇.”
- She later told People that the lyric captured a deliberate, risk-taking mindset she sought in the start gate this season.
- After apologizing for swearing on NBC’s Today, she told Kylie Kelce’s podcast the slip followed champagne and espresso-martini toasts during post-race celebrations.