To Ingemar Stenmark, the focus on Mikaela Shiffrin as she approaches his record of 86 World Cup skiing victories is beside the point.
The 66-year-old Swede believes the American is already on another level. “She’s much better than I was. You cannot compare,” Stenmark told the Associated Press. “She has everything.
She has good physical strength, she has a good technique, strong head. I think it’s the combination of everything makes her so good.
And I’m also impressed that she can ski good both in slalom and in super-G and downhill also. “I could never have been so good in all disciplines.” All 86 of Stenmark’s wins in the 1970s and 80s came in the technical disciplines of slalom (40) and giant slalom (46).
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