US skier Shiffrin wins, within 1 win of World Cup record
American skier Mikaela Shiffrin won a slalom Saturday for her 85th career victory to move within one of the World Cup record. (Photo by Rolandhino1, cc-by-sa-4.0, https://bit.ly/3H7LFfy)
SPINDLERUV MLYN, Czech Republic – American skier Mikaela Shiffrin dominated a slalom Saturday for her 85th career victory to move within one of the World Cup record set by Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark in the 1980s.
Shiffrin can match the best mark of 86 wins in another slalom schedule for Sunday.
Shiffrin had shared the women’s record of 82 wins with former teammate Lindsey Vonn before triumphing at back-to-back giant slaloms in Italy this week and adding a third straight win on Saturday afternoon.
The American overcame a mistake early in her second run as she posted the fastest times in both legs to beat Germany's Lena Dürr of Germany by 0.60 seconds.
Shiffrin has won five of the eight slaloms this season and extended her lead in the discipline standings over Holdener to 175 points. She could wrap up the title if she leads by at least 200 points after Sunday's race.
Overall, the American has won 11 races this season. Only twice in her career has she won more races in a single season: 12 in 2017-18 and a record 17 in 2018-19.
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