World's Best Slalom Skier Prepares For Olympic Event By editor • Feb 21, 2014 TweetShareGoogle+Email Listen Listening... / Originally published on February 21, 2014 9:29 am Eighteen-year-old American Mikaela Shiffrin is the favorite in Friday's women's slalom at the Winter Olympics in Sochi. Three other Americans are also in the field of 88. TweetShareGoogle+Email