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On Tuesday, Shiffrin was racing with a gold medal on the line in the team combined event and proceeded to turn in one of the slowest slaloms of the day—and her entire career.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

This seventh win in the eight slaloms held this season cemented her standing as favourite for a second Olympic slalom gold at next month's Milan-Cortina Games.

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

That followed slaloms being scrapped in Val d'Isere, France in December because of rain and snow, and Bansko, Bulgaria after heavy rain in February.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2024

Duerr is the only winner other than Shiffrin or Vlhova in the last 12 slaloms after triumphing in a race in the Czech Republic in January 2023.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2024

When the food comes out, the conversation slaloms between the arriving courses.

From Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software by Williams, Sam