Becoming Mikaela

For “Heading North” (season 1, episode 13), Weekends with Yankee cohost Richard Wiese visited Killington Resort in Vermont for women’s World Cup skiing, a two-day event that draws over 40,000 spectators. While there, he met up with Willy Booker, the head of Burke Mountain Academy, whose students have included reigning World Cup champion Mikaela Shiffrin. Learn […]

By Aimee Tucker|Jun 23 2020| Print icon

Mikaela Shiffrin

With 60 World Cup wins and three Olympic medals in less than a decade, Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin at 24 is arguably the most dominant athlete in sports.

Photo Credit: Heather McGrath | Illustration by The Sporting Press (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta (Mikaela portrait) Doug Mills/The New York Times/redux (Mikaela with flag))

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