Mikaela Shiffrin isn\u2019t the only Vail local bringing home gold medals from Europe this month.<\/p>\n
River Radamus, the 21-year-old skier from Edwards, claimed the title of World Juniors Super-G Champion Thursday morning in Val di Fassa, Italy.<\/p>\n
In a press conference shortly after the race, fellow teammate Mikaela Shiffrin offered her congratulations and reminisced on her own experience on the junior podium.<\/p>\n
\u201cWorld juniors is a really important milestone. I remember\u00a0racing world juniors; that was the reason I was able to get my first World Cup start,\u201d Shiffrin said. \u201cIt\u2019s a huge step in their careers and a telling sign that having success at world juniors often leads to being able to have success in the world cup.\u201d<\/p>\n
Shiffrin also noted that \u201cseeing River winning the World Juniors Super-G\u00a0is awesome because I think everybody sees him as a real up and comer, a threat on the World Cup circuit in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
As for the future, that\u2019s what Shiffrin says the world juniors is all about.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think one of the big goals for the ski team is developing the next generation so that we have depth on our team and that there\u2019s more than one person holding that torch. That\u2019s been a really big focus and I think River\u2019s success at world juniors is a sign that it is working and we just have to stay on course,\u201d Shiffrin said.<\/p>\n
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Your 2019 @valdifassa2019<\/a> World Juniors Super-G Champion: RIVER RADAMUS\u203c\ufe0f YES!?? #valdifassa19<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/J1FLdFDLrN<\/a><\/p>\n\u2014 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team (@usskiteam) February 21, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n