Mikaela Shiffrin is used to answering questions about her speed on the slopes—not so much her eyebrows. But during the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, fans couldn’t help but notice something slightly off: the decorated skier appeared to be missing half of one.
On Monday, February 9, the 30-year-old Olympian took to Instagram to clear things up, admitting she made a small grooming decision that snowballed at the worst possible time.
“If you see me in the next few weeks with half an eyebrow, no you didn’t,” Shiffrin joked in the video.
View this post on InstagramShe explained that years ago, she split her brow open during balance training and required 30 stitches. “I didn’t really know that you could get like thirty stitches in your brow bone, but you can,” she said. The scar has since caused her eyebrow hair to grow unevenly—“a little bit funky like a Truffula Tree,” she explained, referencing the Dr. Seuss film The Lorax.
In an effort to lean into the look, and be like the “cool people” who rock eyebrow scars, Shiffrin attempted to shave a subtle slash along the scar. “How bad could it be? Because I have the scar already, there’s a map on my face. I will follow the map,” she said. But once the tweezers came out, things escalated quickly.
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“It’s the Olympics... there's like cameras around and there's people around... I think it was a fully reasonable thing to do at the time,” she quipped sarcastically. The real issue? “The thing is that with the makeup, it comes off when I sweat,” she explained. “I sweat predominantly from my eyebrows and upper lip with goggles,” meaning there’s a “high likelihood that I’m going to cross the finish line and I’ll just have half an eyebrow.”
And speaking of things being split in two, Shiffrin isn’t the only Team USA athlete struggling. Figure skater Alysa Liu revealed her gold medal detached from its ribbon after she was “just jumping up and down,” while skier Breezy Johnson warned, “Do not jump in them,” after her medal similarly split into two pieces.
Andrea Francisi, Chief Games Operations Officer for Milano Cortina 2026, revealed to PEOPLE that officials are investigating. “We’re going to pay particular attention to the medals,” he said, noting that the podium moment is “probably one of the most important moments for the athletes.”
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