Mikaela Shiffrin covered her mouth with her fluorescent orange mittens and then collapsed to the snow, still breathing heavily as her entire body pulsated from the exertion of her gold medal-winning run.
Having endured a small protest aimed at her by environmentalists who mistakenly thought she was using a helicopter for training, Shiffrin's team was thrown into disarray two days before the giant slalom at the world championships when her longtime coach, Mike Day, left suddenly when Shiffrin told him she wanted to change her staff at the end of the season.
While wins at worlds don't count toward the World Cup totals, that was the last thing on Shiffrin's mind Thursday. Nobody on Shiffrin's personal team, which is also led by her mother, Eileen, who also coaches her, expected Day to react the way that he did. That tight-knit bond that the skiers feel for each other was evident when Federica Brignone and Ragnhild Mowinckel rushed over to congratulate Shiffrin while she was still lying on the snow, then jumped on top of her.
"I didn't want to go for a medal, I wanted to go for the win," said Worley, a two-time giant slalom world champion who had the added pressure of skiing in front of her home fans. "Coaches are important but Shiffrin is still Shiffrin," said super-G champion Marta Bassino, who finished fifth. "She wasn't depending on . Let's not take anything away from him or the other coaches, with all due respect, but look at her."
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