Mikaela Shiffrin gives sneak peek into indoor snowboarding coaching, months forward of Winter Olympics 2026

American alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin shared glimpses of her indoor snowboarding from Alpincenter Hamburg-Wittenburg. The athlete is presently making ready for the upcoming Winter Olympic Video games, which is scheduled to happen between February 6 and 22, 2026.

Shiffrin did not win a medal on the 2022 Winter Olympics. For the primary time in her three Olympic appearances, she didn’t acquire a medal regardless of competing in all 5 particular person occasions.

Aiming for a powerful comeback subsequent season, Shiffrin has already resumed coaching and exercises for the Olympic Video games. On Monday, August 4, she posted a sequence of photographs from her coaching on the German indoor ski middle. Mikaela Shiffrin captioned the submit:

“✈️ ➡️🧊⛷️…and sure, generally we actually do ski inside😜”

Alpincenter Hamburg-Wittenburg is the biggest indoor ski facility in Europe and gives specialised race coaching throughout the summer season, working from late Might to mid-October. The American athlete additionally skilled on the Hamburg indoor ski middle in August final yr.

Mikaela Shiffrin opens up about Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics

Mikaela Shiffrin, an American alpine snowboarding star, has competed in three Winter Olympics. She made her debut at Sochi 2014, profitable gold in slalom, turning into the youngest ever Olympic champion in that occasion. At PyeongChang 2018, she added gold in big slalom and silver in alpine mixed, bringing her whole to a few Olympic medals. The 2022 Beijing Olympics had been disappointing, as she didn’t win any medals.

As she appears forward to the upcoming Video games, Shiffrin shared in August 2024 (by way of NBC Olympics):

“I really assume we will have extra fan help in Cortina than what I’ve skilled at an Olympic Video games up to now. It is one of many locations the place we get extra help. So I believe that is going to be doubtlessly a brand new expertise. I have been to a few Olympics, however I believe that is going to be one thing I have not fairly skilled but.”

She added:

“The extra I’ve raced in Olympics, the extra I noticed what expectations there are. And I’d like to get nearly again to the mindset the place I understand what’s on the market, I understand what’s being mentioned, however I can personally be in my very own little bubble with my staff, and we will take pleasure in it.”

Regardless of lacking a part of the season resulting from damage, Mikaela Shiffrin ended her 2025 marketing campaign in March with a slalom win, marking her one hundred and first World Cup win. The 30-year-old, who spent two months out of competitors recovering from a fall in November, earned her sixty fourth profession World Cup slalom win.