FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2015, file photo, first-place finisher Mikaela Shiffrin, left, poses with her father Jeff Shiffrin after the women's World Cup slalom ski race in Aspen, Colo. (AP Photo/Nathan Bilow, File)
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SUN VALLEY, Idaho (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin was attending a celebration party at the World Cup finals when the band began playing the Paul Simon song “You Can Call Me Al.”
The tears suddenly began to form. That was her dad’s favorite tune.
These days, the American ski racing standout has been thinking a lot about her father, Jeff Shiffrin.