Mikaela Shiffrin captures Crystal Globe with 60th slalom win, 97th World Cup victory

Mikaela Shiffrin capped her season that was marred by a six-week injury layoff with her record-extending 60th win in slalom and 97th overall at the World Cup finals Saturday in Saalbach, Austria.

The American star trailed Anna Swenn Larsson of Sweden after the first run but ultimately won the season-ending slalom by 0.54 seconds in a combined time of one minute 53.22 seconds over Mina Fuerst Holtmann of Norway, while Swenn Larsson dropped to third, 0.63 off the pace in 1:53.85.

Shiffrin had already locked up her record-matching eighth slalom season title last week in her first race back since hurting her knee in a downhill crash Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy in January.

The two-time Olympic champion sprained the medial collateral and tibiofibular ligaments in her knee, while also still recovering from a bone bruise she had sustained at the start of the season.

"Oh wow, it's been a wild season," Shiffrin said in a course-side TV interview. "I'm happy for the final race of the season to go so well. I'm looking forward to next season already."

WATCH | Shiffrin overtakes Larsson with sensational 2nd run to prevail in Austria:

Asked about her numbers of wins, Shiffrin took a breath before answering.

"Just a little bit hard to process it all. It's like these days just make me feel so invigorated, like so alive, and that's what I'm focusing on. I'm trying to soak that all in," she said.

"I never really focused too much on the numbers, but now I feel OK with them, like it's not pressure, it's not anything, it's just an honour."

Toronto's Ali Nullmeyer was seventh in 1:54.28, 1.06 seconds behind Shiffrin. The lone Canadian in the competition sat fourth after her opening run of 54.01, just 91-100ths of a second back of Larsson.

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