Olympic slalom champion Mikaela Shiffrin said she plans to make her World Cup speed event debut in the season’s first super-G in Lake Louise, Alberta, on Dec. 6, according to The Associated Press.
Shiffrin has won every major slalom title and is a World Cup podium threat in giant slaloms. She hoped last season to make her World Cup super-G debut (downhill is the other, faster speed event) but delayed it due to a fall slalom slump.
Shiffrin’s addition of super-G (and possibly super combined) could help her in the chase for this season’s biggest prize, the World Cup overall title.