Mikaela Shiffrin Read by Kristi Leskinen

Rebel Girls

Stories For Kids, Education For Kids, Kids & Family

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🗓️ 12 November 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Alpine skiing’s winningest athlete, Mikaela Shiffrin wears her two mottos on her helmet: "Always Be Faster Than the Boys" and "Be Nice. Think First. Have Fun." Bravely sharing her ups and downs, Mikaela proves that breaking records isn’t as important as resilience and inspiring the next generation. This podcast is a production of Rebel Girls. It’s based on the book series Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. This story was produced by Haley Dapkus with sound design and mixing by Mumble Media. It was written by Nicole Haroutunian. Fact-checking by Rose Garrett. Narration by professional freestyle skier and women's sports advocate Kristi Leskinen. Our intern was Arianna Griffiths. Joy Smith and Jes Wolfe were our executive producers. Original theme music was composed and performed by Elettra Bargiacchi. Thank you to the whole Rebel Girls team who make this podcast possible. Stay rebel!

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0:00.0	Hey, rebels. Did you know that women are designing the world of tomorrow? They're using their
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0:37.8	Rebel Girls Build the Future hits shelves on November 5th, available anywhere books are sold.
0:43.4	Okay, now on with the show.
0:51.5	High atop a snow-covered Swedish mountain, skier Michaela Schifrin stood balanced on the precipice
0:58.5	of her 87th Alpine Ski World Cup win.
1:02.9	Her heart raced, and soon the rest of her body would follow.
1:08.0	These were no ordinary nerves.
1:10.0	If she won, it would be a huge record-breaking moment.
1:13.8	She'd be the winningest Alpine skier of all time,
1:17.8	beating the current record holder, a man named Ingrammar Stenmark.
1:22.4	It was such a big deal that even he was cheering for her.
1:27.0	Michaela rolled her head right and left, feeling not only the psychological weight of her dreams,
1:33.3	but the actual weight of her helmet too.
1:36.3	It was emblazoned with the letters, A.B.
1:40.3	After something one of Mikaela's ski racing heroes had once written on a poster for her.
1:46.2	Always be faster than the boys, she'd written.
1:49.6	Below it was Michaela's family motto.
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