Mikaela Shiffrin’s final chance to medal in the 2026 Winter Olympics boils down to her most accomplished alpine skiing event on Wednesday morning in the women’s slalom race.
This is Shiffrin’s competition to lose, and the betting market has reflected that since lines opened; she is the -170 favorite to win gold at FanDuel. Oddsmakers have softened their favor of Shiffrin since her opening odds of -340, however.
That’s due in part to Shiffrin having gone empty-handed through two events in these Milano Cortina Olympics so far.
Her first appearance was in the women’s team combined event where she and downhill gold medal winner Breezy Johnson settled for fourth place, finishing six hundredths of a second behind fellow Americans Jacqueline Wiles and Paula Moltzan for a spot on the podium.
Shiffrin came in 15th place in the slalom leg, her worst result in a slalom race that she’s completed since 2012.
She then finished 11th in the women’s giant slalom and a quarter of a second off from a medal; she had entered at 10/1 odds in that event, though. The No. 1 overall FIS ranked women’s skier won gold in giant slalom at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games.
Shiffrin has now competed in eight straight Olympic races without placing, including the entirety of the 2022 Beijing Games, where she failed to finish in all three of her events.
The Colorado native has crushed the slalom discipline in World Cup competition this season, winning seven races in eight starts.
2026 Olympics Women’s Slalom odds
- Mikaela Shiffrin, USA -170
- Camille Rast, Switzerland +340
- Paula Moltzan, Italy 11/1
- Emma Eicher, Germany 11/1
- Katharina Truppe, Austria 14/1
- Wendy Holdener, Switzerland 14/1
Shiffrin has 71 career slalom wins and 108 overall, making her the winningest men or women’s ski racer in history. She became the youngest slalom gold medalist ever when she won at 18 at the 2014 Sochi Games.
Switzerland’s Camille Rast is projected to have the best shot at topping Shiffrin, priced at +340. Rast is ranked No. 2 overall in World Cup standings; she has two wins this year, one in giant slalom and the other in slalom — the only race Shiffrin didn’t win on Jan. 4 in Slovenia (she finished second).
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