Mikaela Shiffrin equalled Ingemar Stenmark’s 86 World Cup wins on Friday, and the world of winter sports took to social media to praise her remarkable achievement.
Shiffrin took a giant slalom victory in Are as she beat out a pack including Federica Bringnone and Sara Hector to pull level with Stenmark.
Shiffrin said it was the «greatest honour of my career to be mentioned in the same sentence as Ingemar Stenmark». Ad The victory in Are was Shiffrin's fourth straight win in World Cup giant slaloms since January and she also won gold in the event at last month's World Championships in Meribel, France.
Åre‘Like a dream’ — Shiffrin reacts to record-equalling 86th World Cup win7 HOURS AGO She also claimed the season-long World Cup giant slalom title – her 15th career crystal globe trophy – having already won her fifth overall and seventh slalom title this season.