{"id":2451650,"date":"2019-11-27T22:32:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T05:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/for-shiffrin-grandma-part-of-warm-memories-at-killington\/"},"modified":"2019-11-27T22:32:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T05:32:00","slug":"for-mikaela-shiffrin-grandma-part-of-warm-memories-at-killington-world-cup-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/for-mikaela-shiffrin-grandma-part-of-warm-memories-at-killington-world-cup-races\/","title":{"rendered":"For Mikaela Shiffrin, grandma part of warm memories at Killington World Cup races"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.743661971831\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-316829-946\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/APTOPIX_Finland_Alpine_Skiing_World_Cup_66454-00787-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/APTOPIX_Finland_Alpine_Skiing_World_Cup_66454-00787-1024x684.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | United States' Mikaela Shiffrin feeds a reindeer during the podium ceremony after winning an alpine ski, women's slalom in Levi, Finland, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019. (AP Photo\/Alessandro Trovati)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"13\">\n<p><strong>United States&#8217; Mikaela Shiffrin feeds a reindeer during the podium ceremony after winning an alpine ski, women&#8217;s slalom in Levi, Finland, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019. (AP Photo\/Alessandro Trovati)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/APTOPIX_Finland_Alpine_Skiing_World_Cup_66454-00787-1024x684.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"United States' Mikaela Shiffrin feeds a reindeer during the podium ceremony after winning an alpine ski, women's slalom in Levi, Finland, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019. (AP Photo\/Alessandro Trovati)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/APTOPIX_Finland_Alpine_Skiing_World_Cup_66454-00787-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/APTOPIX_Finland_Alpine_Skiing_World_Cup_66454-00787-1-1024x684.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | Mikaela Shiffrin will be racing this weekend in Killington, Vermont, a site where her deceased grandmother watched her race early in her career.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Mikaela Shiffrin will be racing this weekend in Killington, Vermont, a site where her deceased grandmother watched her race early in her career.<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/APTOPIX_Finland_Alpine_Skiing_World_Cup_66454-00787-1-1024x684.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Mikaela Shiffrin will be racing this weekend in Killington, Vermont, a site where her deceased grandmother watched her race early in her career.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/APTOPIX_Finland_Alpine_Skiing_World_Cup_66454-00787-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/APTOPIX_Finland_Alpine_Skiing_World_Cup_66454-00787-2-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | United States' Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates on the podium after winning alpine ski, women's slalom in Levi, Finland, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019. (AP Photo\/Alessandro Trovati)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"13\">\n<p><strong>United States&#8217; Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates on the podium after winning alpine ski, women&#8217;s slalom in Levi, Finland, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019. (AP Photo\/Alessandro Trovati)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/APTOPIX_Finland_Alpine_Skiing_World_Cup_66454-00787-2-1024x683.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"United States' Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates on the podium after winning alpine ski, women's slalom in Levi, Finland, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019. (AP Photo\/Alessandro Trovati)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/APTOPIX_Finland_Alpine_Skiing_World_Cup_66454-00787-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/APTOPIX_Finland_Alpine_Skiing_World_Cup_66454-00787-3-1024x657.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | United States' Mikaela Shiffrin competes in an alpine ski, women's slalom in Levi, Finland, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019. (AP Photo\/Alessandro Trovati)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"13\">\n<p><strong>United States&#8217; Mikaela Shiffrin competes in an alpine ski, women&#8217;s slalom in Levi, Finland, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019. (AP Photo\/Alessandro Trovati)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/APTOPIX_Finland_Alpine_Skiing_World_Cup_66454-00787-3-1024x657.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"United States' Mikaela Shiffrin competes in an alpine ski, women's slalom in Levi, Finland, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019. (AP Photo\/Alessandro Trovati)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/for-shiffrin-grandma-part-of-warm-memories-at-killington\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/for-shiffrin-grandma-part-of-warm-memories-at-killington\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Mikaela Shiffrin doesn\u2019t lose often. Rarer still, she doesn\u2019t lose to the same person over and over.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Growing up, the two-time Olympic gold medalist just couldn\u2019t beat a certain someone in Scrabble, Boggle or the card game UNO.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Grandma always won. She even playfully kept the scorecards around as proof.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">It\u2019s a warm memory Shiffrin has of the person she affectionately called \u201cNana,\u201d who died Oct. 22 at 98.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Along with this one: Her grandmother watching her race a World Cup event in person for the first time at Killington, Vermont, three years ago. Shiffrin won that day and tears filled her eyes when she hugged Nana.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Her grandmother will be in Shiffrin\u2019s thoughts during this weekend\u2019s races at Killington. She\u2019s always close to Shiffrin\u2019s heart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI have a million memories,\u201d Shiffrin said of her grandmother, Pauline Mary Condron, who played tennis, was an avid bowler and of course always a big fan of skiing. \u201cThey are all incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Like her breakfasts (\u201cbest breakfast in the world,\u201d Shiffrin boasted).<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Or the time Nana tipped over in a kayak years ago and lost her glasses. Shiffrin\u2019s mom\/coach, Eileen, frequently recounts that story (\u201cI was so young but it\u2019s so cute when my mom tells the story!\u201d)<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Or how Nana ALWAYS won at board games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cShe loved to keep track of the score and save them with the games,\u201d Shiffrin said. \u201cIf we left the game out on the table when we weren\u2019t playing she would randomly open it up and look over the scores \u2014 and remind everyone how often she won.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">These days, Shiffrin wins about that often on the slopes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Last weekend in Levi, Finland, she set the World Cup record for most slalom wins by any ski racer. The 24-year-old from Colorado earned her 41st career slalom victory to top Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark, who won 40 slaloms between 1974 and 1987. Shiffrin amassed her total in just seven years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">With her victory in Levi came another prize \u2014 a reindeer to add to her growing herd. She named the previous ones Rudolph (2013), Sven (2016) and Mr. Gru (2018).<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The name of the newest member? Ingemar, naturally \u2014 a tribute to Stenmark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">All these records she\u2019s breaking still catch her a little off guard. More could possibly be attained at Killington.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">With 61 career World Cup wins, she\u2019s one away from tying Austrian great Annemarie Moser-Proell for second on the all-time women\u2019s list. The women\u2019s record of 82 is held by the retired Lindsey Vonn. The overall mark of 86 belongs to Stenmark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI still find it a little insane that I\u2019m at the point in my career to be surpassing any of these records,\u201d Shiffrin said. \u201cMore than anything it just makes me smile to know I\u2019m living my dream as a little girl of being one of the best in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Shiffrin can\u2019t help but marvel at being one of the \u201cveterans\u201d on the circuit these days. It\u2019s hard for her to compute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI\u2019m not old, but I am still considered a veteran even though sometimes I still feel like a rookie,\u201d said Shiffrin, who\u2019s aiming for her fourth straight World Cup overall title this season. \u201cEvery time I see a new young athlete have a breakthrough performance I think, \u2018Hmmmm, what am I going to do to have another \u2018breakthrough\u2019 performance?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Know this about Shiffrin: She doesn\u2019t reflect on past accomplishments. She\u2019s looking forward to stay a step ahead of the competition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI still haven\u2019t been able to process my first podium, or my first win, or my first world champs or Olympic gold,\u201d said Shiffrin, who\u2019s slated to compete in Saturday\u2019s giant slalom and Sunday\u2019s slalom. \u201cThese milestones seem to just melt together into more things that I can\u2019t seem to process so I\u2019ve sort of stopped trying.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cBut I\u2019m also OK with that because I\u2019d rather enjoy the moments that I\u2019m living now or look to the future instead of dwell on the past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Being back at Killington rekindles so many powerful emotions. It\u2019s a place where she\u2019s won slalom races in 2016, \u201817 and \u201818.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">It\u2019s hard to top that first time Nana was able to attend. Her grandmother had a warm seat to watch her win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">After the race, Nana was taken outside to congratulate her granddaughter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Nana\u2019s smile. Their embrace. It\u2019s a moment Shiffrin will always cherish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt was so fun. Such a nice celebration to have all the people that I love the most right there,\u201d Shiffrin recounted. \u201cSeeing my Nana\u2019s face right after my race, getting to hug her, hearing her voice, it just put everything in perspective and that made the whole day so, so much sweeter. It was so incredible to have her there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/for-shiffrin-grandma-part-of-warm-memories-at-killington\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United States&#8217; Mikaela Shiffrin feeds a reindeer during the podium ceremony after winning an alpine ski, women&#8217;s slalom in Levi, Finland, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019. 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