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Helene Elliott: Mikaela Shiffrin isn't short on motivation amid push for World Cup titles record

The United States' Mikaela Shiffrin is lifted up by teammates in celebration following the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Women's Slalom on Saturday, March 11, 2023, in Are, Sweden.

Mikaela Shiffrin can't remember exactly where or when she met Annemarie Moser-Proell, the Austrian legend who dominated women's World Cup alpine skiing in the 1970s and won six overall titles, tops among female skiers.

But Shiffrin clearly recalls that Moser-Proell saw in her a greatness Shiffrin wasn't sure she possessed, even as she was evolving from a teenage prodigy to a consistent World Cup medal contender and champion.

"At the time, I wasn't anywhere near a threat to any of the statistics and records and titles that

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