Mikaela Shiffrin wins second straight World Cup slalom - ESPN

GURGL, Austria — American skiing star Mikaela Shiffrin is heading into her home races in Colorado next weekend as the overall World Cup leader on a two-event winning streak.

Shiffrin dominated another slalom Sunday as she made it two convincing wins from two races in the discipline to start the Olympic season.

Racing in sunny but cold conditions in the Austrian Alps, Shiffrin posted the fastest time in both runs to finish 1.23 seconds ahead of second-place Lara Colturi, an Italian prodigy competing for Albania.

The pair also went 1-2 in the first slalom of the season a week ago in Finland, where Shiffrin led both runs and won by 1.66.

«I think it's some of the best slalom skiing I ever did,» said Shiffrin, who got her 66th World Cup win in slalom and 103rd overall, both records.

Slalom world champion Camille Rast trailed by 1.41 in third, as the podium resembled the one from last year's race in Gurgl. Her Swiss teammate Wendy Holdener dropped to fourth.

Shiffrin's next races are a giant slalom Saturday and a slalom the following day in Copper Mountain, the regular training base of the U.S. ski team. The women's races follow two men's events in Copper Mountain on Thursday and Friday.

«I am really excited to go to Copper. I mean, I stay in my own bed for the first time during the season since we used to go to Aspen,» Shiffrin said.

On Sunday, Shiffrin led Colturi by 0.31 after a tight opening run but used an all-attacking final leg to make the gap four times as big.

«I had to push so hard, but it was really nice with the sun on the second run,» Shiffrin said. «It was pretty much how I expected it, not easy, but I knew the others were pushing, so I had no choice. You have to go.»

Shiffrin and Colturi now rank 1-2 in both