Mikaela Shiffrin, Using Sofia Goggia’s Skis, Got Special Note Too – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

Mikaela Shiffrin hasn’t gotten the outcomes she hoped for on the Beijing Olympics, however she’s nonetheless sharing the love and assist she’s acquired from these round her — together with from a latest competitor.

After racing to a top-five finish within the first leg of the ladies’s alpine mixed, Shiffrin spoke concerning the skis she used for the downhill race, which belong to Italy’s Sofia Goggia. Since each athletes are sponsored by ski producer Atomic, they will use a shared pool of skis. Goggia, who gained a silver medal in ladies’s downhill on Tuesday just weeks after suffering a partial ACL tear, wasn’t competing within the alpine occasion, so Shiffrin tried them out in coaching on Wednesday.

They clearly labored, propelling Shiffrin by way of the downhill course in 1:32.98, the fifth-best time of the sector and 0.56 seconds again of Austria’s Christine Scheyer within the prime spot. Shiffrin skied out within the slalom portion a few hours later, stopping her from having an opportunity on the podium for the person occasion.

However whereas Shiffrin was grateful for the mortgage, she could have been much more appreciative of the opposite factor Goggia left her.

“She really wrote a small message on them, on a sticky observe,” Shiffrin stated. “I noticed them at first and I virtually began crying, like you already know, “you’ll be able to fly on these skis.” 

The U.S. Ski Staff shared a photo of Shiffrin with the observe, which really and concisely learn “FLY MIKA, YOU CAN.”