Mikaela Shiffrin surpasses Ingemar Stenmark wins record to become most decorated Alpine skier of all-time

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.

Åre'She can do this blindfolded' — Shiffrin's stunning first run in World Cup women's slalom3 HOURS AGO “It’s pretty hard to comprehend,” said Shiffrin. “My brother and sister-in-law are here and I didn’t know they were coming. That makes it so special “The best feeling is to ski on the second run because you have a lead and you have to be smart.

I just wanted to be fast too and ski the second run like its own race. I did it exactly how I wanted and that’s amazing. “To the whole team and all the people who have helped me this whole season and whole career, all these people reaching out now after all these years, it’s pretty incredible.

I just want to say thank you for that.” The 27-year-old carried a lead of 0.69 seconds over Swenn Larsson into the second run after a stunning performance in the first leg. In the second run, the lead chopped and changed early on, before home skier Cornelia Oehlund went fastest with a combined time of 1:44.27. Leona Popovic had a short spell at the top of the leaderboard, then Melanie Meillard went quickest by 0.25 seconds, which secured her a first top 10 of the season.