Mikaela Shiffrin clinches World Cup title, waits for 86th win

04.03.2023 - 16:23 espn.com

KVITFJELL, Norway — American skier Mikaela Shiffrin finished tied for fifth in a World Cup downhill Saturday and had her quest for a record-tying 86th career victory extended by at least another day.

The race was won by home favorite Kajsa Vickhoff Lie, who became the first Norwegian woman to win a downhill in the 56-year history of World Cup skiing.

The result was enough for Shiffrin to lock up her fifth overall World Cup title. She leads former overall champion Lara Gut-Behrami by 795 points with seven races left. «It's pretty wild, actually.

The overall, or any season title, is always strange to explain how it feels on the day you win it when you don't win the race,» Shiffrin said. «The whole season the work has been amazing, and it's quite special to, before the final races, have that secure.» Sofia Goggia finished 0.29 behind in second as the Italian secured the seasonlong downhill title again. «I feel great.

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