Mikaela Shiffrin shines in record-setting World Cup victory
ARE, Sweden — American skier Mikaela Shiffrin set the outright World Cup record for career victories with 87 by winning a slalom Saturday.
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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.
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».
Mikaela Shiffrin has reacted to her “dream” giant slalom run that saw her match legendary skier Ingemar Stenmark’s World Cup record in Are, Sweden. The American flew down the slopes 0.64 seconds faster than Italy’s Federico Brignone to claim her 86th World Cup win and a share of history, matching Ingemar Stenmark’s record that has stood for 34 years. Ad Reacting to the accomplishment, Shiffrin called it a “dream”.
Since before this season started, Mikaela Shiffrin eschewed talk about the career World Cup wins record of 86, which has stood since 1989, believing it was too far away. Shiffrin, who began the October-to-March campaign with 74 wins, dismissed any chase storylines while racking up victories at her best clip since her record 17-win season in 2018-19.
ARE, Sweden : Mikaela Shiffrin dominated a women's giant slalom in Are on Friday to equal Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark's all-time record of 86 World Cup wins and complete her season's hat-trick of crystal globes.