Shiffrin to skip Wcup races at Sochi Olympics course

World Cup leader Mikaela

Shiffrin is skipping this weekend’s races in Russia in order to get some rest.

The U.S. ski team said Shiffrin “is taking the week off to rest and get a solid training block in.”

It’s the second straight year that Shiffrin has opted to skip a return to Sochi and the course used for the 2014 Olympics.