It’s perhaps an understatement when Mikaela Shiffrin says that she has been on “quite a journey” this season. That doesn’t do justice to the mental and physical obstacles she has had to overcome in order to reach a landmark 100th World Cup win.

The 29-year-old alpine skier has made a convincing case as the best ever. But her superpower may be her relentless honesty.

With her 100th victory in a World Cup race, Shiffrin became the first skier, male or female, to achieve triple-digit wins.