Exclusive: Mikaela Shiffrin hopes skiing can be 'part of the solution' to climate change - and 'not part of the problem'

Speaking in an exclusive interview with Eurosport expert Tina Maze, American superstar Mikaela Shiffrin has called on the FIS to become part of the solution with climate change, not part of the problem. Shiffrin, 27, has been vocal in her support for the environment and has spoken about it numerous times. Ad Earlier in the 2023 Alpine World Ski Championships, Shiffrin was one of a number of skiers who wrote a letter to FIS president Johan Eliasch.

World Championships'Goes one better!' — Tviberg seals individual parallel gold one day after silver in team event3 HOURS AGO The letter said: «The public opinion about skiing is shifting towards unjustifiability. That’s why we as a winter sports community have to take the lead in the fight against climate change and make our sport climate neutral as soon as possible. »To do so we need progressive organisational action.

This is our most important race, let’s win it together." And sitting down with former Olympic and world champion Maze, who now works as an expert for Eurosport, Shiffrin said that there is concern within the skiing community and the athletes felt that they had to start the conversation. «This letter has been started, not by me, but by some athletes within FIS who have some really powerful points for FIS to make more of an effort, just to advocate for the climate, to admit that there's a problem. »Nobody knows the solution.

And there's nobody out there who's perfectly advocating for the climate, unless you're living somewhere in the mountains off the vegetables you grow and getting electricity from water... “Everybody has some impact on the environment, but the whole system is destroying our planet. And that's what we have to talk about.