Feeling Missed Out, Mikaela Shiffrin’s Levi World Cup Tradition Forces Iga Swiatek to Make A 3-Word Confession
Another day, another step closer to history for Mikaela Shiffrin. Kicking off her slalom season emphatically at Levi, Finland, the alpine skiing icon picked up her 98th World Cup win in style. With that, Shiffrin also showed that she’s well on her way to bouncing back from last season’s knee injury. Naturally, some celebrations are in order. However, her companions at the finishing line are making some of her other buddies look forward to their own big possibilities.
On November 16, Shiffrin bagged her eighth World Cup win at the legendary racecourse in Finland. With that, she was also awarded her eighth reindeer, the traditional prize for the Levi slalom winner. But the quirky gift is making her tennis pal Iga Swiatek yearn for something similar of her own in the near future.
The Polish tennis star has led her country to the semi-final in the ongoing Billie Jean King Cup. Justifiably, the 5x Grand Slam winner hopes to keep the momentum going. On November 17, Swiatek took to X to express how she would like to take a cue from the 98-times skiing World Cup winner Mikaela Shiffrin to celebrate Poland’s maiden BJK Cup properly. “Waiting for “Iga,”” wrote the 23-year-old in her social update, along with a goofy-looking emoji, underscoring that even she knows how silly her wish can come off as.
