"generally pretty risk-averse."
"I can throw myself down a mountain with razor blades on my feet."
"It's a pretty special feeling when you can harness that energy and sort of turn it into a gas pedal."
"The truth is that one of the most challenging things about being in the Games is how isolating it can be if you don't have the people you love there."
Mikaela Shiffrin combines a generally risk-averse personality with a career of high-speed alpine skiing, regularly exceeding 70 mph. She began skiing at age three with two former racers as parents and achieved unprecedented success, accumulating 101 World Cup wins since 2012—the most in alpine skiing history. Shiffrin describes the unique feeling of channeling energy down a mountain like a gas pedal. Competing internationally creates isolation without family, making loved ones’ support essential. A partnership with Xfinity provides communications that enable family and friends to watch competitions with reliable coverage during Olympic and World Cup events.
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