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Rivals, teammates and those close to ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin quantify her career in a word or two
Shiffrin attributes her record 108 World Cup wins to coach Dwyer’s focus on repeated drill practice and mastering fundamentals, shaping her into the sport’s most dominant skier.
- On February 3, 2026, Shiffrin credited coach Kirk Dwyer, a former Burke Mountain Academy headmaster, for her technical growth and career success.
- At the academy, athletes did repetitive lap-after-lap drills built by Dwyer, who also trained at Mount Hood summer camps, emphasizing mastery over volume.
- Shiffrin holds a record 108 World Cup wins and secured the Jan. 25 slalom title, demonstrating her continued excellence.
- With the Games approaching, Shiffrin will continue her recovery from a puncture wound in Vermont that caused PTSD, aiming to add to her record.
- Coaches and teammates credit the drill focus with building movement mechanics and fundamental stability, shaping elite training programs and younger athletes' development.
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For Mikaela Shiffrin, it felt like the first day at Hogwarts. The future skiing legend, just 11 years old at the time, joined her family for a trip to Burke Mountain Academy, a prestigious private school in Vermont that trains alpine skiers. Her parents were visiting potential schools for Shiffrin’s older brother Taylor, also a promising skier. Shiffrin knew she’d share the same school and slopes as her brother. And she badly wanted her pare…
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