Mikaela Shiffrin last month broke the record of the legendary Lindsey Vonn, and now right in the middle of the World Championships in Courchevel/Méribel, she made a radical decision: the American star broke up with coach Mike Day.

Mikaela Shiffrin stopped working with coach Mike Day

This was announced on Wednesday by the United States team, as quoted by AFP.

“Mikaela will continue to work with the new team with the support of the USA team coaches through the end of the season and into the future. The team would like to thank Mike Day for his work and success over the past seven years” – Team USA in the application.

After a silver medal in the super giant slalom last week, Mikaela Shiffrin is the top favorite for Thursday’s women’s giant slalom and Saturday’s special slalom at the World Championships in France. .

27-year-old Shiffrin has been successful with Mike Day since 2016. from 20 to 85 wins at the World Cup. She also won two Olympic medals (out of three to her credit) and ten world medals (out of 12 total).

In 2022, a few weeks before the Olympic Games in Beijing, Mikaela Shiffrin has already fired one of her coaches, Jeff Lackey, responsible for physical training and speed. In the spring, he was replaced as the second coach by the Austrian Mark Mitter, who still holds the position.

The best skier in the world at the moment, the American has a special training chamber that is in line with Team USA, but outside of it, under the supervision of her mother, Eileen Shiffrin, who has been with her since her debut.

Four-time Crystal Globe winner Shiffrin is coming off a remarkable World Cup season with 11 wins (85 in total), which saw her surpass compatriot Lindsey Vonn, the former holder of the women’s record for most ski wins. alpine (82).

Mikaela Shiffrin needs one more success to equal the legendary Swedish skier Ingemar Stenmark, the holder of the absolute record of victories in the World Cup (86), writes Agerpres.