Mikaela Shiffrin stood atop the Olympic podium, looking almost in disbelief at the gold medal around her neck. The American skiing star hadn’t simply won a slalom race to end her eight-year medal drought at the Winter Games and underline her status as surely the greatest Alpine skier of all time.

US skier Mikaela Shiffrin said she sees a change coming in her career during an interview with Reuters.

Top-ranked Canada made it to the semifinal after an overtime scare against Czechia.