CHASING HISTORY: MIKAELA SHIFFRIN CAN SET WOMEN’S ALL-TIME RECORD FOR MOST CAREER WORLD CUP WINS WITH VICTORY THIS WEEKEND

Shiffrin Can Break Tie with Lindsey Vonn (82 Career Wins Each) to Become Sole U.S. and Women’s Career Record Holder

Live Coverage of Women’s Downhill from Cortina, Italy, Begins Tomorrow at 4:15 a.m. ET on SkiAndSnowboard.Live

Live Coverage of Men’s Downhill and Slalom from Kitzbühel, Austria – Part of World-Famous Hahnenkamm– Begins Tomorrow at 5:30 a.m. ET on Peacock

Encore Highlights Presentation of Kitzbühel Sunday at 5 p.m. ET on NBC

STAMFORD, Conn. – Jan. 19, 2023 – Two-time Olympic gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin is one win away from breaking a tie with three-time Olympic medalist Lindsey Vonn and becoming the sole U.S. and women’s record holder for career alpine skiing FIS World Cup victories across all disciplines. Both skiers have 82 career wins. Starting tomorrow, Shiffrin will have seven races in 10 days – a stretch that could also see her potentially tie or pass Ingemar Stenmark’s all-time record of 86 career World Cup victories.

Live coverage of Shiffrin’s chase for 83 continues tomorrow with the women’s downhill from Cortina, Italy, at 4:15 a.m. ET. Shiffrin will race another downhill on Saturday at 4 a.m. ET and will finish the weekend with a Super-G on Sunday at 5:30 a.m. ET. She will then travel north to Kronplatz, Italy, where she’s expected to compete in the giant slalom on Tuesday, Jan. 24, and Wednesday, Jan. 25.

Her last stop on this stretch is in Spindleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic, where she’s expected to compete in the women’s slalom on Saturday, Jan. 28, and Sunday, Jan. 29. She is already the winningest slalom skier of all time regardless of gender with 51 career victories. Every race in this 10-day period will be presented live on the subscription streaming service SkiAndSnowboard.Live.

Passing Vonn would make Shiffrin the winningest female alpine skier in World Cup history and the winningest skier in U.S. history regardless of gender. Passing Ingemar Stenmark’s record, which has stood since 1989, would make Shiffrin the winningest alpine skier of all time, and statistically, one of the most dominant athletes in individual sports history. Shiffrin could potentially pass his record in Kronplatz or Spindleruv Mlyn.

KITZBÜHEL

Peacock will present exclusive live coverage this weekend of arguably the most famous stop on the men’s World Cup: the Hahnenkamm races in Kitzbühel, Austria. Home to the world-famous Streif course, it is considered one of the hardest in the world and includes a 3,000-foot drop. Daron Rahlves is the only American to ever win the Hahnenkamm World Cup downhill (2003). Expected to compete this weekend are 2022 Beijing Olympic giant slalom gold medalist Marco Odermatt (Switzerland), two-time Olympic medalist Aleksander Aamodt Kilde (Norway), three-time Olympic medalist Beat Feuz (Switzerland), and 2022 Beijing super-G silver medalist Ryan Cochran-Siegle.

Live coverage begins with the men’s downhill tomorrow at 5:30 a.m. ET. An encore highlights presentation will air Sunday at 5 p.m. ET on NBC.

Alpine Skiing World Cup Broadcast Schedule All times Eastern, check local listings, subject to change.

*Encore presentation

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