US EditionShiffrin extends World Cup overall lead with slalom win
- On Sunday, Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin won the final regular-season World Cup slalom, beating Emma Aicher of Germany and raising her career tally to 72 slalom wins and 109 overall.
- Having already locked up the season slalom title, Shiffrin enters the Finals in Lillehammer with 1,286 points, as the Norway season end begins next weekend with speed events in Kvitfjell and GS and slalom in Hafjell on March 24-25.
- Racing in sunny conditions, Mikaela Shiffrin dominated the last race, finishing ahead of Emma Aicher and Wendy Holdener, then bent over and let out a loud scream after crossing the line.
- Shiffrin's win extended her advantage in the overall standings, as with four events remaining, the German all-rounder trails Shiffrin by 140 points and she had already secured the season slalom title in January.
- Shiffrin's achievement echoes Janica Kostelic's mark from 25 years earlier and she has a history of success in Åre, including her first career win in December 2012.
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Shiffrin takes record eighth World Cup slalom win of season in Sweden
Mikaela Shiffrin claimed a record-equaling eighth World Cup slalom win of the season on Sunday in Sweden, but the chase for the overall crystal globe is not settled going into the final weekend of racing. On the second of back-to-back tech competitions in Are, Shiffrin’s main rival, Emma Aicher, finished 0.94 seconds back for second as Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener rounded out the podium. “It’s tight. You can only get a certain number of points, …
Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin takes record 8th slalom win of season but main rival Emma Aicher is 2nd
Mikaela Shiffrin dominated the last race before the World Cup Finals to beat Emma Aicher of Germany by 0.94 seconds, with Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener a second off the pace in third.
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Olympic champion Shiffrin takes record 8th slalom win of season but main rival Aicher is 2nd
ÅRE, Sweden (AP) — After crossing the finish line for her record-equaling eighth World Cup slalom win of the season on Sunday, Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin bent over and let
Shiffrin has already secured her ninth small Crystal Globe in slalom.
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