Winter Olympics: Games’ golden couple Mikaela Shiffrin and Aleksander Kilde chasing glory together in Beijing
- American ski ace Shiffrin and her Norwegian boyfriend have been apart during their preparations for the Games
- But the pair are red-hot favourites in their respective races and sparks could fly in Beijing
When skiing superstar Mikaela Shiffrin claimed victory in the season-opening World Cup in Soelden in October, her first celebration was a finish area kiss from boyfriend Aleksander Aamodt Kilde.
It remains the only win the dream pair of the alpine skiing scene could celebrate together because of the calendar usually sending them off to different mountains on a weekly basis, leaving them to offer support from afar.
“The term extraordinary is too mild for your performance,” Shiffrin told Kilde via social media after his recent win in Kitzbühel.
At the Olympics, however, they could again be celebrating beside each other with both favourites for gold in Beijing.
The pair have known each other for around seven years and both are regulars on World Cup podiums. Technical specialist Shiffrin has dominated the slalom while speed-focused Kilde’s strengths are downhill and super-G.
“Somehow there has always been something more there,” Kilde said in summer after the duo became a couple the previous winter.
