Shiffrin Wins Flachau Slalom in U.S. One-Two with Moltzan
Mikaela Shiffrin leads Paula Moltzan by 0.19 seconds after the first run, continuing strong form with five wins this Olympic season.
- On Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, Mikaela Shiffrin topped the first run in Flachau with Paula Moltzan second, 0.78 seconds behind, in the World Cup slalom night race.
- Mikaela Shiffrin entered Flachau having won five of the six slaloms in the Olympic season, with the World Cup slalom night race highlighting her sustained success.
- Austria's Katharina Truppe sat third, 0.35 behind, while Camille Rast, Switzerland, was fourth, 0.78 behind after an error, as Paula Moltzan, United States, seeks her first World Cup win.
- The result leaves Shiffrin able to secure the season-long slalom title if she wins and Rast finishes 14th, while pursuing her 107th World Cup win.
- With the Olympics next month, only one slalom remains before the Milan Cortina Winter Games open on Feb. 6, after Lara Colturi, Italian-born racer for Albania, finished 2.66 behind the leader.
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Mikaela Shiffrin bounced back under floodlights in Flachau, Austria, on Tuesday when she won the slalom for the sixth time this season barely a month before the Olympic race in the event.
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Mikaela Shiffrin leads just ahead of Paula Moltzan. Last year's winner Camille Rast is in intermediate position four
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