Vail’s Mikaela Shiffrin wins 100th World Cup ski race | Feb. 23, 2025 | Colorado’s Top 150 Sports Moments

By Paul Klee July 1, 2026 | updated 2 weeks ago

The winner United States' Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates after an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Sestriere, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Piermarco Tacca)

Happy birthday, Colorado — and Colorado sports.

Leading into the state’s 150th birthday Aug. 1, The Denver Gazette has partnered with the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame to publicize the definitive list of Colorado’s top 150 sports moments.

For Nos. 50 to 1, Colorado Sports Hall of Fame historian Dave Plati coordinated a 19-member committee to rank in order what they considered the top moments. The No. 1 moment will be revealed July 31. Plati and Broncos icon Jim Saccomano will unveil the list weekly on a Colorado Sports Hall of Fame podcast at coloradosports.org/podcast/.

Colorado Sports Hall of Fame Top 150 Sports Moments

No. 24 — Feb. 23, 2025

In World Cup skiing at Sestriere, Italy, Mikaela Shiffrin won the slalom, her 100th World Cup victory, becoming the first skier, male or female, to record 100 wins in Alpine World Cup competition. It was her 278th race. It was also her 155th top-3 career finish, tying Swedish legend Ingemar Stenmark. Through the 2025-26 season, the Vail native had totaled 110 victories, 73 in the slalom.

—Dave Plati, Colorado Sports Hall of Fame historian

Paul Klee

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