Mikaela Shiffrin reacts to Olympian Keely Cashman’s career-best World Cup finish at Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Mikaela Shiffrin has reacted to Olympian Keely Cashman’s career-best World Cup performance at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen circuit. Cashman achieved her best-ever result in a Super-G World Cup race with a sixth-place finish.

Following her remarkable sixth position during the World Cup race, the Stifel U.S. Ski Team uploaded a video of Cashman’s race on their Instagram handle.

Shiffrin posted the video of Keely Cashman’s race at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen circuit, reacting to the 2022 Winter Olympian’s career-best achievement in the World Cup race via an Instagram story with emojis:

“@keely_cashman!!!!💪⚡🥳”

Screenshot of Mikaela Shiffrin’s Instagram story. Credits - IG/ mikaelashiffrin

After this impressive achievement, the 25-year-old shared her thoughts in a post-event interview, adding:

“Confidence is huge and every race, I've been trying to chip away at the points and move up in the start list and so to do this today, it's huge for my confidence going into World Champs."

Notably, Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland claimed victory in the Super-G race with a 1:14.91, ahead of Kajsa Vickhoff Lie (+0.35) and Federica Brignone (+0.38). Meanwhile, the other USA skiers who finished inside the top 20 were Lauren Macuga (12th), Lindsey Vonn (13th), and Breezy Johnson (20th).

Mikaela Shiffrin reflects on her decision to return to skiing events after her crash in Vermont

Mikaela Shiffrin at Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Finals Women's Giant Slalom 2023. PHOTO: Getty

Mikaela Shiffrin reflected on her decision to return to skiing events following a crash in Killington, Vermont, which had kept her out of World Cup competitions. The crash resulted in a puncture wound and a tear in her abdominal muscles.

Ahead of her comeback in France on January 30 in night slalom, she was asked about her decision to return on TODAY. She expressed her thoughts (1:57 onwards):

“Yeah, I wouldn’t say 100%. I mean, I think we're going to be dealing with sort of the remnants of this injury throughout the rest of the season. But it's not, you know. It's not painful. My muscles are working again. I've been able to get my strength built back up. I'm in a really good place physically and it's just the load of skiing is so high, you kind of have to sort of work your way into it.”

She added how the next step to recovery was racing in competitions, stating:

“I think the next step is racing. That's the next step of this recovery, so the recovery is not really over, but I’m strong enough to get back in the start gate, and yeah, that's the next phase of this progression.”

She further mentioned that her decision to return to skiing came on the first day of her Giant Slalom training, where she pushed herself with intensity. Despite her initial hesitation about how it would go, the session went well, which made her ultimately decide to be back.