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ÄRE, Sweden :An emotional Mikaela Shiffrin wrote her name in the history books as the most successful Alpine World Cup skier of all time on Saturday after taking a record 87th career win in a women's slalom in Äre in Sweden.
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ARE, Sweden — American skier Mikaela Shiffrin set the outright World Cup record for career victories with 87 by winning a slalom Saturday.
Mikaela Shiffrin surpassed Ingemar Stenmark’s record for most Alpine skiing World Cup wins with her 13th victory of the season. The win in Are, which is where Shiffrin won her first World Cup race, makes the American, statistically, the greatest skier of all-time. Ad Shiffrin beat Switzerland's Wendy Holdener by 0.92 seconds, with Sweden’s Anna Swenn Larsson in third on home soil.
Mikaela Shiffrin became the most decorated skier in World Cup history as she claimed the 87th success of her career. The American dominated the women's slalom in Are to overtake Sweden's Ingemar Stenmark, whose tally of 86 wins Shiffrin tied on Friday in the giant slalom. Ad A blistering first run gave Shiffrin a lead of 0.69 seconds heading into the second.
American skier Mikaela Shiffrin took a big lead in the opening run of a women’s World Cup slalom Saturday as she positioned herself for a record-setting 87th career win.
ARE, Sweden : U.S. Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin is on track for an all-time record 87th World Cup win after leading a women's slalom in Are, Sweden, with a "pretty perfect" first run on Saturday.
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».