Mikaela Shiffrin has made the pilgrimage back to the United States ahead of Thanksgiving and should be set for this weekend’s ski races in Vermont.

At Killington on Saturday and Sunday, she is slated to race in the Killington Cup, and from the looks of it, there is little stopping her from skiing into the history books.

Wins 100 and 101 are very possible for the Queen of Ski Racing.

Although there is some bias from us Coloradans toward her potentially claiming win 100 at Killington, she still could take it easy and claim No. 100 at Beaver Creek in mid-December. Don’t count on it.

Shiffrin is off to a great start, with a wins to loss record during World Cup 2025 at 2-3.

She is 2-2 in FIS Alpine Slalom World Cup races and even though she is 0-1 in Giant Slalom races, she is on pace to win 19 races if she starts every Slalom, Giant Slalom and Super-G race and kept that win percentage.

Shiffrin is also winning at an incredibly high rate. She is winning races she enters 36% of the time over her career.

That kind of win percentage is 16 points higher than Lindsey Vonn’s career win percentage (20.2%), and should be held in esteem among the realm of Wayne Gretzky’s total points, Bill Russell’s NBA championships and Cal Ripken’s consecutive games started records. It will be once she retires.

Winning at Killington is not a guarantee, however, or at least for winning both Slalom and Giant Slalom races.

Shiffrin is 0-6 in her career in Giant Slalom races, but is 6-7 in Slalom races at Killington; a 6:13 win to start ratio. This equates to her having approximately  a 46% overall chance of winning either a Slalom or Giant Slalom race at Killington.

Shiffrin’s toughest current competitor in Giant Slalom, Italian skier Federica Brignone, could ruin Shiffrin’s shot at a win at Killington for Saturday’s race. Brignone is currently No. 1 in FIS points in GS in 2025 and also beat Shiffrin in Soelden, Austria’s GS race in October. 

Sunday’s Slalom race is Shiffrin’s best bet to take the win and win 100. Although Shiffrin has won both Slalom races in 2025, she has Brignone, Austrian Katarina Liensberger, German Lena Duerr and Swiss Camille Rast to contend against, all capable of beating Shiffrin.

If she doesn’t have luck at Killington, she has two more chances in Giant Slalom races at Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Canada Dec. 7-8. Although, Shiffrin is 0-1 in Giant Slalom races in 2025 so far.

Maybe the Birds of Prey Super-G race at Beaver Creek would be a great change of pace for win 100?

The 100 Club

Only three other skiers in the 57-year history of FIS World Cup have won over 100 ski races. Swiss telemark skier Amélie Wenger-Reymond has 164, Norwegian cross-country skier Marit Bjørgen has 114 and Swiss freestyle skier Conny Kissling has 106.

Shiffrin would be the first alpine skier to join that list, one in which only female skiers are on.

For context, Swiss skier Lara Gut-Behrami, the only actively competing alpine skier who comes close to Shiffrin’s total, has 45 wins. Lindsey Vonn would be much closer to Shiffrin’s total, but she is currently not actively racing in the 2025 season. 

Dutch skier Marcel Hirscher and Swiss skier Marco Odermatt are the only two active male ski racers able to add wins in Alpine ski racing. Hirscher has 67 wins and Odermatt 37.

When are the Killington Cup ski races?

• 10 a.m. Saturday, the first giant-slalom run
• 1 p.m. Saturday, the second giant-slalom run
• 10 a.m. Sunday, the first slalom run
• 1 p.m. Sunday, the second slalom run

How can I watch the Killington Cup for free on TV and streaming?

• 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, first and second giant-slalom runs, Outside TV
• 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday, second giant-slalom run, NBC and Peacock
• 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, first and second slalom runs, Outside TV
• 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday, second slalom run, NBC and Peacock