FILE - First-place Mikaela Shiffrin right, of the United States, and her mother, Eileen, smile at the end of a women's World Cup slalom skiing race in Lienz, Austria, Dec. 28, 2017. Eileen is the skiing expert who travels the World Cup circuit — parent, coach, adviser and, as she put it, “shoulder to cry on and vent." (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta, File)