Mikaela Shiffrin is chasing a record-breaking 16th medal at the world championships in the slalom on Saturday.

Here are eight athletes who, if they avoid mishaps along the way, could make a mark on the Milan-Cortina Olympics.

Feb. 10, 2025 – With under one year to go until the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, two-time Olympic gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin ... downhill for Vonn and 2014 Sochi slalom and 2018 Pyeongchang ...

Shiffrin defended her slalom title, after coming in eighth in the giant. She attacked home snow having notched up a dozen World Cup wins and with an Olympic gold medal from Sochi under her belt.

That could all change next year. Gold medal winner Mikaela Shiffrin skis past a gate in the women's slalom at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana ...

Mikaela Shiffrin will not defend her giant slalom title at the World Ski Championships this week. - 2015 Vail/Beaver Creek - ...

Mikaela Shiffrin will not defend her giant slalom ... having notched up a dozen World Cup wins and with an Olympic gold medal from Sochi under her belt. "I am half bear," she joked of her napping ...

Mikaela Shiffrin might be ... Johaug, who has four Olympic gold medals from Vancouver 2010 and Beijing 2022, plus one silver and one bronze from Sochi 2014, has insisted she will quit for good ...

Three-time Olympic medalist Mikaela Shiffrin will return to alpine skiing ... Shiffrin won gold in the slalom at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia. She also took gold in the giant slalom and ...

Mikaela Shiffrin finished 10th Thursday in a World ... A three-time Olympian, Shiffrin won gold in the slalom at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and took gold in the giant slalom and silver ...