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Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Chasing The Gold Medal

 
Mikaela Shiffrin is not only a Gold Medal winning machine, but she is also a local hero.

She wasn't technically born and raised here, but she went to school and ski school within thirty minutes of where I live.

Which is a quick background on why I collect her.

She is by far the biggest known athlete/celebrity here.

So anytime I find her cards and find them affordable, I grab them.

One of the newest chases I did for fun is chase some of the 2026 Topps Chrome Winter Olympics cards. I knew going into this pursuit that I wouldn't be able to land a full rainbow with the cost of her cards, but I thought it would be fun just to make a run of what I could.

Here is what I have added so far or as I call it, chasing the gold medal (though I did get the gold refractor)
  • Base
  • Refractor
  • Red, White & Blue Refractor (Value Exclusive)
  • Pink Refractor /250
  • Aqua Refractor /199
  • Blue Refractor /150
  • Green Refractor /99
  • USA Flag Refractor /76
  • Purple Refractor /75
  • Gold Refractor /50
  • Orange Refractor /25
  • Black Refractor /10
  • Red Refractor /5
  • Superfractor /1

 


(this is my favorite refractor from the chase, USA-USA-USA)




 

 



And there you have it. I should have taken a group picture because nothing is better than a group picture of shiny things.

I would love to add any of the remaining ones, but that is very doubtful. But, it's been fun just chasing these down and that Topps Now I opened up this post with from her latest Chasing The Gold Medal add to her ever so growing collection of them.

I will need to update my TCDB soon even though I am a long ways from first. Here is what I have so far, SHIFFIN COLLECTION.

Let me know in comments if there are any Gold Medalists that you collect? Do you collect Shiffrin? have any cards of hers I don't? Check my collection above.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Wednesday night.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

3 comments:

  1. I wonder if those have been pulled out of packs yet? Very nice progress towards the Gold. Enjoy the hobby all!

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  2. Nice lil' rainbow you have built of Shiffrin. Although I don't go out of my way to chase down cards of her... I have a few singles of her in my Olympic box. As for PC's... off the top of my head... I collect Kristi Yamaguchi and Chloe Kim.

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