🔗 Share this article Mikaela Shiffrin Extends All-time best with Historic 105th World Cup Slalom Victory. Mikaela Shiffrin isn't just winning every slalom of the Winter Games season. She’s dominating each race and winning by large margins as well. An Evening Marked by History-Making Skiing The American skiing standout earned a 105th record-broadening World Cup victory after several of her primary challengers failed to finish during the first run of a night race on Tuesday. Shiffrin built upon her first-run lead and concluded 1.55 seconds ahead of Swiss skier Camille Rast and 1.71 seconds ahead of competitor from Germany Emma Aicher. "She has currently secured the first four slaloms of the season – and five consecutive including the last event of the previous campaign," observed analysts. Commanding Margins of Success All of her margins of victory this season have exceeded a full second – with a trio more than 1.5 seconds: 1.66 in Levi, Finland; 1.23 in Gurgl, Austria; and 1.57 seconds in Copper Mountain, Colorado before her latest performance in the French Alps. Rivals Face Struggles Rivals scrambling to catch Shiffrin faced challenges. Lena Duerr, the German skier who was third after the first run, skied off the track early in her second trip down. Lara Colturi, the Italian-born skier who represents Albania, straddled a gate toward the end of her opening run – ending a streak of three straight slalom podiums. Wendy Holdener achieved a seventh-place finish even with a incident at the end of her first run where she encountered a rut, was launched into the air, and landed on her back. Defending World Cup slalom champion Zrinka Ljutic and Olympic silver medalist Katharina Liensberger, the next two starters, went out midway down the course. This marks the third consecutive slalom that Ljutic has failed to finish. Race Results Katharina Truppe of Austria placed fourth and American skier Paula Moltzan moved up from ninth to fifth with the quickest second run of the race. A Legacy of Accomplishments This win represented Shiffrin's sixty-eighth World Cup slalom victory. Her Olympic accolades include the slalom gold medal at the 2014 Sochi Olympics and the giant slalom gold four years later at the Pyeongchang Games. She didn’t medal at the 2022 Beijing Games. The upcoming winter Olympics' women’s Alpine skiing events will be held in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy – a venue where Shiffrin won four medals in her four events at the 2021 world championships.
Mikaela Shiffrin isn't just winning every slalom of the Winter Games season. She’s dominating each race and winning by large margins as well. An Evening Marked by History-Making Skiing The American skiing standout earned a 105th record-broadening World Cup victory after several of her primary challengers failed to finish during the first run of a night race on Tuesday. Shiffrin built upon her first-run lead and concluded 1.55 seconds ahead of Swiss skier Camille Rast and 1.71 seconds ahead of competitor from Germany Emma Aicher. "She has currently secured the first four slaloms of the season – and five consecutive including the last event of the previous campaign," observed analysts. Commanding Margins of Success All of her margins of victory this season have exceeded a full second – with a trio more than 1.5 seconds: 1.66 in Levi, Finland; 1.23 in Gurgl, Austria; and 1.57 seconds in Copper Mountain, Colorado before her latest performance in the French Alps. Rivals Face Struggles Rivals scrambling to catch Shiffrin faced challenges. Lena Duerr, the German skier who was third after the first run, skied off the track early in her second trip down. Lara Colturi, the Italian-born skier who represents Albania, straddled a gate toward the end of her opening run – ending a streak of three straight slalom podiums. Wendy Holdener achieved a seventh-place finish even with a incident at the end of her first run where she encountered a rut, was launched into the air, and landed on her back. Defending World Cup slalom champion Zrinka Ljutic and Olympic silver medalist Katharina Liensberger, the next two starters, went out midway down the course. This marks the third consecutive slalom that Ljutic has failed to finish. Race Results Katharina Truppe of Austria placed fourth and American skier Paula Moltzan moved up from ninth to fifth with the quickest second run of the race. A Legacy of Accomplishments This win represented Shiffrin's sixty-eighth World Cup slalom victory. Her Olympic accolades include the slalom gold medal at the 2014 Sochi Olympics and the giant slalom gold four years later at the Pyeongchang Games. She didn’t medal at the 2022 Beijing Games. The upcoming winter Olympics' women’s Alpine skiing events will be held in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy – a venue where Shiffrin won four medals in her four events at the 2021 world championships.