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Mikaela Shiffrin didn't want to slow down, even after the race was over.

Having just beaten her biggest slalom rival in a women's World Cup night race in Flachau, Austria, on Tuesday, the US ski star was still in a hurry — to get in touch with her boyfriend Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, who was recovering from surgery.

"Now, I just want to call Alex. He should be trying to go sleep soon. Just checking on him," Shiffrin said after sending her partner a text message from her phone.