How it unfolded
The United States' Mikaela Shiffrin suffered a serious abdominal laceration in a training crash at Killington in November 2024, leaving her early-season participation in doubt. She recovered within a few months and returned to competition, and on 23 February 2025 won a World Cup slalom at Sestriere in Italy to reach an unprecedented 100th career World Cup victory, a total no racer of either sex had ever reached. In interviews after the win, Shiffrin called achieving this record after returning from injury one of the most meaningful moments of her career. She remained near the top of the overall Crystal Globe race that same season, showing she was still at full strength.
Why it still matters
The 100th win is a mark no racer in alpine skiing history has come close to, placing Shiffrin in a position with essentially no argument left in the debate over the sport's greatest ever racer. Achieving it just months after returning from a serious injury is regarded as adding a new chapter to the sport's resilience narrative that runs from Hermann Maier through Janica Kostelic.