US EditionMikaela Shiffrin's overall lead under threat from Emma Aicher in final ski race of the season
Shiffrin holds an 85-point lead but must finish top 15 to secure her sixth overall World Cup title against Aicher, who needs a win and Shiffrin outside top 15.
- On Wednesday in Hafjell, Norway, Mikaela Shiffrin placed 17th in the first giant slalom run, threatening her bid for a record-tying sixth overall World Cup title as emerging rival Emma Aicher moved to third, 0.26 seconds behind 2022 Olympic champion Sara Hector.
- Despite holding an 85-point lead entering Wednesday's race, Shiffrin must finish in the top 15 to secure her sixth World Cup title, while Aicher needs to win and hope Shiffrin finishes 16th or worse.
- Shiffrin holds a record 110 victories across all disciplines and won three straight overall titles from 2017-19, then back-to-back crowns in 2022 and 2023, seeking to match Austrian great Annemarie Moser-Pröll's women's record.
- Aicher, who claimed two silver medals at last month's Milan Cortina Olympics and competes in every event, pursues her first overall title despite never winning a World Cup giant slalom and achieving only a career-best fourth-place finish earlier this month at Are, Sweden.
- A Shiffrin victory would tie Moser-Pröll's women's record, positioning her among skiing's all-time greats while Lindsey Vonn ranks third with four overall titles and Marcel Hirscher leads all skiers with eight overall championships.
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In the last race of the season Emma Aicher can still win the overall World Cup. It looks good. But then the Germans miss the sensation because of a Patzer. The winner moves instead with a legend.
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Mikaela Shiffrin's overall lead under threat from Emma Aicher in final ski race of the season
Mikaela Shiffrin’s attempt at a record-tying sixth women’s overall World Cup skiing title is under threat from Emma Aicher after the American standout placed 17th and her emerging German rival was third in the first run of a giant slalom.
Until the second round Emma Aicher had kept the race open for the victory in the overall World Cup before she fell back after a Patzer. At Mikaela Shiffrin tears flowed afterwards.
On Wednesday, the last races of the season will be held at the World Cup Final in Norway. In the second round, the women's giant goal is about the big crystal ball between Mikaela Shiffrin and Emma Aicher. Don't miss anything here.
Emma Aicher holds up the pressure on Mikaela Shiffrin in the duel around the overall World Cup. After the first round in the giant slalom she is in third place, Shiffrin fell out of the points.
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