Mikaela Shiffrin v Petra Vlhova is the ultimate blockbuster event of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic games

There’s just something about snow and ice. There’s something about the frost, and the juxtaposition of tiny specks flying around against the backdrop of snow. There’s something magical about it, mesmeric.

Ad/> And if you turn on your TV, laptop, tablet or phone at 10:15 Beijing time on Wednesday, February 9 you will see in turn two of the quickest specks around. Beijing 2022When is Shiffrin racing in Beijing? What records could she break?18 HOURS AGO Because that is the day of the women’s Slalom, without a doubt the blockbuster event of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic games. The reason it is such an event is twofold.

Firstly you have the legendary American skier Mikaela Shiffrin. Widely regarded as one of the greatest to ever put on skis, Shiffrin is on a trajectory to go down in history as the very best. We’ve waxed lyrical about Shiffrin before but it’s worth reiterating some of the achievements on her CV.

There's 73 World Cup Alpine Skiing wins, the third highest ever. There's 47 Slalom wins, the most of any skier in a single discipline. Shiffrin is a three-time Overall World Cup champion, the third-highest total amongst women and eighth of all skiers.

Six-time Slalom champion, no women has more. The youngest Slalom Olympic gold medal winner in history and an 11-time medal winner at the World Championships, the most of any American and joint-second on the women’s standing. And again, she will only turn 27 in March.

Shiffrin’s career path is unlike anything we’ve ever seen, even Lindsey Vonn and Ingemar Stenmark will be left in her wake when she finally calls it a day. Shiffrin is a machine, especially in Slalom, where she has taken the standards required to win to a whole new level. In the past 18 months the