Shiffrin Enters 16th World Cup Season With Focus on Giant Slalom and Super-G

Anchorage, AK, October 14, 2026 —

Mikaela Shiffrin will enter her 16th World Cup season with a different emphasis in her competition schedule, prioritizing giant slalom and super-G over slalom, the discipline most closely associated with her career. She has described the coming campaign as an “exploration season.”

Her season is set to begin with a giant slalom in Soelden, Austria. Shiffrin’s first slalom competition is scheduled for Killington, Vermont, placing that event later in the sequence described for the start of her campaign. No competition dates were provided.

The shift in emphasis does not mean slalom is absent from her plans: a first slalom start is scheduled. The available information does not specify how many races she plans to enter in each discipline, why she selected this focus, or whether her schedule may change during the season. The description of the campaign as an exploration season is the stated framing for the approach.

Shiffrin is also beginning the second year of her podcast, What’s the Point. She is aiming for a more spontaneous interview style in the new year of the show. Further details about the podcast’s release schedule, guests or format were not provided.

The competitive and podcast plans mark two strands of Shiffrin’s upcoming season: a renewed emphasis on giant slalom and super-G, alongside continued work on an interview project. The stated schedule identifies Soelden as the opening giant slalom and Killington as the site of her first slalom competition. More detail about the broader race calendar and the podcast’s plans was not available.

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