After scoring victory No. 87 in a slalom on Saturday, American ski star Mikaela Shiffrin broke the previous World Cup record for the most victories in a career. After success in a giant slalom on Friday, the 27-year-old athlete joined Ingemar Stenmark, who participated in the 1970s and 1980s, with 86 victories. The American took home her sixth slalom victory of the year on Saturday, shattering the previous record of 50. It was also her 53rd overall triumph in the event. The song’s lyrics were “very hard to understand,” according to Shiffrin.
The American dominated the first run and posted the fifth-fastest time in the second to beat Swiss skier Wendy Holdener
After finishing the last run, the American squatted and put her head on her knees. During the winner’s ceremony, her brother, Taylor Shiffrin, then appeared and gave her a bear hug. ‘My brother and sister-in-law are here and I didn’t know they were coming, that makes this so special,’ Shiffrin said. Shiffrin dominated the first run and posted the fifth-fastest time in the second to beat Swiss skier Wendy Holdener by 0.92 seconds.
The final competitor to cross the finish line inside a second of Shiffrin’s time was a third-place home favorite, Anna Swenn Larsson. ‘The best feeling is to ski on the second run when of course you want to win, you have a lead so you have to be sort of smart but also, I just wanted to be fast, too, and ski the second run like its own race,’ Shiffrin said. ‘I did exactly that and that is amazing.’
Shiffrin already holds the slalom and GS discipline championships
Shiffrin already holds the slalom and GS discipline championships as well as her seventh overall championship. It is enjoyable to race today. During the first run, Shiffrin stated, “I feel like no pressure after such an amazing day yesterday.
Twelve years to the day after her first World Cup race, a GS in Spindleruv Mlyn, the Czech Republic, as a 15-year-old, Shiffrin’s triumph handed her the undisputed record. Shiffrin will take part in three additional races in the World Cup Finals the following week. The race was held in a place where Shiffrin experienced several significant events in his career. She won her first World Cup race at the Swedish lakeside resort in 2012, and she won the slalom gold medal at the 2019 World Championships to become the first skier to win the world championship in the same discipline four times straight.
However, Are was also at the site of a knee injury she suffered in the 2015–16 ski season. It kept her off the slopes for two months. She was also scheduled to race there in March 2020, following the passing of her father the previous month, but those events were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.