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Athletes from around the world are making their way to Killington Ski Resort on Thanksgiving Day ahead of the Stifel Cup on Saturday.
People on the mountain who will be attending said they could not be more excited to see this year’s event.
“I think it’s great that we can host it is really cool to see a bunch of great skiers,” the Sherman family coming up from Connecticut said. “Everyone coming to Killington, pretty exciting.”
Those NBC 5 spoke with on the mountain said they’re especially routing for Mikaela Shiffrin. She is going for her 100th World Cup in the state she trained in.
“Last year, we got the pleasure to meet her. Got a couple of autographs. Really cheering for her,” Matthew Jensen said.
Those helping to make the event happen said she, along with the other athletes, are ready for action.
“They’ve trained for the last 30 years, but they train for the last nine months, for this moment, this 30 to 70 second of just intensity,” Olympic Alpine Skier from Middlebury and announcer for the cup Doug Lewis said. “The hill, it’s going to be unbelievable. It’s going to be tough. It’s going to be hard. The snow is going to be icy, just the way that racers like it, so it will be a true test of who is going to throw it down the hardest.”
The hype for the Killington Cup comes as the resort received significant snowfall. Director of Brand Marketing, Events and Special Projects at Killington Ski Resort Amy Laramie said the snow falling will blend in with what’s already been made on Superstar.
“This natural snow is actually something you don’t really want on the racecourse because they like a nice hard surface to race on. However, for the rest of our skiing guess and opening up the mountain to the public, this natural snow is amazing.”
She added that the resort will open-top-to-bottom skiing on Friday and will continue to expand access to trails at later dates.
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