Behind every great athlete is a village of talented people who make it all happen. But Mikaela has something most don't: Eileen.
In Episode 10 of What's the Point, Mikaela sits down with the person who has been there for every single moment of her career — and her life. Her mom. Her coach. Her mentor. Her best friend. Eileen Shiffrin.
It's easy to look at Mikaela's resume and see the medals, the records, and the Crystal Globes. What you don't see is the woman behind the scenes who gave up her career as a nurse to be on the road six months a year, who homeschooled Mikaela through the early Burke Mountain years, who was there for Mikaela's first World Cup, and every heartbreak since.
In this episode, they get into all of it. The sacrifices and misunderstandings, including what it actually means to be on the road as a mother-daughter, coach-athlete duo (hint: it's not a European après-ski vacation). The grief of losing a father and a husband, Jeff, and how they've carried that together...
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