Mikaela Shiffrin appoints pioneering Karin Harjo as her new head coach

• Skier broke record for World Cup wins on Saturday
• American parted ways with Mike Day earlier this year

Two days after becoming the most successful World Cup skier in history, Mikaela Shiffrin marked her 28th birthday with the appointment of a new personal head coach on Monday in the hopes of getting a fresh and new way of thinking" moving forward.

The US ski team said Karin Harjo, a pioneer for female coaches in Alpine skiing who has served as head coach of Canada's women's team this winter, will take up the role in April and join Shiffrin for post-season training and an equipment testing camp. Harjo will work with Shiffrin's mother, Eileen, who has been one of the two-time Olympic gold medalist's long-term coaches.