Transcript for Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin discusses her World Cup victory
>> WELCOME BACK TO "GMA3".
WE ARE VERY EXCITED FOR OUR NEXT
GUEST.
THE U.S. ALPINE RACE SKIER,
SHE'S BEEN WINNING AWARDS SINCE
15 YEARS OLD.
SHE'S A 7-TIME WORLD CHAMPION.
>> HER RESUME GOES ON AND ON AND
ON.
HER RECENT WORLD VICTORY SMASHED
A 40-YEAR RECORD.
THE WINNINGEST SKIER OF ALL
TIME.
PLEASE WELCOME THE INCREDIBLE
MIKAELA SHIFFRIN!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
TALK ABOUT A RECORD-BREAKING
SEASON.
YOU ARE CONSIDERED TO BE THE
GREATEST SKIER OF ALL TIME.
NO PRESSURE.
>> YIKES.
>> YOU ALSO SCORED YOUR 21ST
GIANT SLALOM VICTORY, THE MOST
OF ANY FEMALE SKIER.
THAT IN ITSELF DESERVES A ROUND
OF APPLAUSE.
[APPLAUSE]
IF YOU GO INTO THE SEASON, DO
YOU GO IN EXPECTING TO MAKE
HISTORY?
>> DEFINITELY NOT.
I WENT INTO THIS SEASON WITH THE
GOAL OF WINNING OVERALL -- THIS
PIECE OF HARDWARE.
THAT'S BASICALLY THE PERSON WHO
HAS THE MOST CONSISTENT, BEST
SUCCESS THROUGH THE ENTIRETY OF
THE SEASON.
THAT WAS MY GOAL.
THIS WAS MY FIFTH.
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS
SHOOTING FOR.
I DEFINITELY DID NOT THINK I WAS
GOING TO BE ACTUALLY RESETTING
THE ALL-TIME WINNING RECORD.
DEFINITELY NOT THIS SEASON.
I DID NOT THINK IT WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN IN MY CAREER.
I KIND OF DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY
ABOUT IT.
>> NO, NO, IT'S GOOD.
>> IT'S KIND OF COOL BECAUSE
WHEN YOUR COACHES IS YOUR MOM.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO HAVE YOUR
MOM ALONGSIDE YOU FOR ALL OF
THAT?
>> SHE HAD GONE HOME FOR A SHORT
BREAK BECAUSE HER BROTHER HAS
BEEN A LITTLE BIT SICK RECENTLY.
SHE WENT HOME TO THE EAST COAST
DURING A PERIOD OF TIME WHEN I
HAD SOME RACES IN NORWAY.
WHAT IF IT HAPPENS IN NORWAY AND
YOU ARE NOT HERE FOR IT?
YOU'VE BEEN HERE EVERY SINGLE
RACE FOR MY ENTIRE CAREER AND
YOU WOULD NOT BE HERE FOR THE
87TH.
SHE ENDED UP COMING BACK TO
SWEDEN WHERE IT DID END UP
HAPPENING AND SHE WAS THERE.
MY BROTHER AND HIS WIFE CAME AND
SURPRISED US.
WE DID NOT KNOW THEY WERE COMING
AT ALL.
ALL THE WAY FROM COLORADO TO
SWEDEN.
IT'S NOT LIKE TURN LEFT AT THE
GAS STATION.
THE FIRST TIME I SAW THEM WAS
AFTER I CROSSED THE FINISH LINE
AT THE SLALOM RACE.
THAT WAS THE SHOT WHERE I AM
LIKE HUGGING MY BROTHER, I
JUMPED UP AND GRABBED ME.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THINK WE ARE
DATING.
[LAUGHTER]
>> YOU ARE LIKE "STOP," LIKE --
>> LIKE THIS IS REALLY INTIMATE.
[LAUGHTER]
>> YOU HAVE A YOUTUBE SERIES
CALLED "MOVING RIGHT ALONG,"
WHAT CAN VIEWERS AND FANS EXP
EXPECT?
>> A LITTLE MORE INSIGHT AND
BEHIND THE SCENES IN THE STORY
OF WHO I AM.
WHAT WE DO AS SKI RACERS AND
ATHLETES.
WHAT PEOPLE SEE, THE ACTUAL
RACING AT THE RACES, THE LIVE
COVERAGE OF WHAT WE DO ON THE
SLOPES.
THEY DON'T ALWAYS SEE THE
QUIETER MOMENTS.
THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY COOL
INSIGHT INTO THE SPORT, ME, THE
TEAM I WORK WITH.
YOU GET QUITE A BIT OF BEHIND
THE SCENES IN THE EPISODE COMING
UP FOR THE 86TH AND THE 87TH
VICTORY AS WELL.
>> WHEN YOU WORK SO MUCH, YOU
HAVE TO FUEL YOUR BODY.
YOU'VE BEEN OUT OF THE COUNTRY
FOR A COUPLE MONTHS.
THERE IS ONE FOOD YOU'VE BEEN
CRAVING.
WE HAVE A SURPRISE FOR YOU.
NEW YORK EVERYTHING BAGELS.
[LAUGHTER]
>> OH, MY GOSH!
>> HOW ANY BAGELS CAN YOU EAT IN
ONE SITTING?
>> I COULD PROBABLY KNOCK IT OU
OUT.
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED APPEARED >>
WE WILL GIVE YOU YOUR FLOWERS.
I KNOW YOU'VE WORKED SO HARD.
YOU ARE SUCH AN AMBASSADOR FOR
THE SPORT.
MIKAELA, THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
YOU CAN CATCH "MOVING RIGHT
ALONG," A
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