“I am very happy to extend my partnership with LEKI until 2022. LEKI’s poles, arm guards and shinguards are best in class.” –Mikaela Shiffrin

Olympic gold medalist and overall World Cup champion Mikaela Shiffrin just renewed her sponsorship agreement with LEKI through 2022. Summit Daily reports the five-year contract  guarantees Shiffrin will continue to train and compete exclusively with LEKI poles which will include her bid at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.

22 year old Shiffrin is coming off a dominant 2017 race season winning an overall World Cup title. She also won her fourth World Cup slalom title and was second overall in the giant slalom standings.  Cheers to a mutually beneficial partnership between LEKI and Mikaela and best wishes next February in Pyeongchang.

Follow Shiffrin’s journey to the Olympics on social media and for more information about LEKI poles, visit http://www.leki.com.

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