US EditionShiffrin Rallies in Austria to Keep Her World Cup Slalom Streak Alive
Shiffrin overcame a 0.54-second deficit and course changes to win her 106th World Cup race, extending her season slalom win streak to five.
- In Semmering, Austria, Sunday, Dec. 28, Mikaela Shiffrin erased a 0.54-second deficit to win the women's World Cup slalom, extending her season streak to five wins and her career total to 16.
- During inspection for the second run, skiers spotted the course gate that violated distance requirements and officials adjusted the Semmering slope surface after consultations.
- Shiffrin charged the second run, posting the fastest first sector and quickest second run by 0.63 seconds to finish in 1:48.82, beating Camille Rast, Switzerland by 0.09 seconds.
- With the win, Mikaela Shiffrin expanded her overall World Cup lead to 195 points over Camille Rast, Switzerland, and 214 points over Alice Robinson, New Zealand, while widening her slalom-cup advantage to 220 points over Lara Colturi, Albania.
- Compared with past records, Mikaela Shiffrin's five-straight slalom wins match her best start since 2018-19 as the women's circuit moves to Kranjska Gora, Slovenia with two slaloms in March.
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American alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin won the slalom World Championships in the Austrian ski resort of Semmering and continues to be flawless in this discipline this season.
After the slalom in Semmering, Mikaela Shiffrin criticizes the conditions. Before the final, she changes the price setting and wins.
Shiffrin rallies in Austria to keep her World Cup slalom streak alive
On a less-than-ideal surface, Mikaela Shiffrin moved up three places in the second run to win her sixth-straight World Cup slalom on Sunday in Semmering, Austria. “It was a really hard day today, tough conditions, a really big fight, and the pressure’s on. And, oh, I did my best, best possible run,” Shiffrin said in the post-race NBC interview after rallying from her biggest deficit in a slalom victory since 2013. It was the Edwards’ skier’s fou…
The American won her fifth slalom of the season this Sunday in as many races.
US star Mikaela Shiffrin is still racing for the fifth victory in the fifth slalom of the season after a first run full of failures.
Mikaela Shiffrin gets 106th World Cup win and extends perfect record in slalom this season after erasing 0.54-second deficit following first run
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