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My bet is that this will be her last season. Final races will be US Nationals at Sun Valley. Race the SG, and do a final "victory lap" run in the closing GS.
Just have a hunch.
My hunch is less graceful. One friend close to the scene said she'll chase Stenmark's record in a wheelchair if she has to. I predict she gets some sort of a medal but not gold, and the press and outsiders treat it as a failure. She then wins a race or two after the games, and decides to go for another season thinking that Lake Louise, where she built up all those wins, is early and easy for her. Trouble is that Shiffrin also has a touch for that hill, precipitating a giant shitstorm between the Vonn entourage and Mikaela's mom. The press posts lots of photos where LV looks like a scowling old bitch rather than Sports Illustrated body painting canvass. Meanwhile, Stenmark watches on in quiet amusement from a beach in Thailand.