Mikaela Shiffrin made history winning her 87th victory in World Cup racing, more than any skier has ever achieved. She is now without a doubt the greatest racer to ever grace the slopes.
She pulled off the achievement in Are, Sweden, in the slalom World Cup race.
Mikaela Shiffrin made history winning her 87th victory in World Cup racing, more than any skier has ever achieved. She is now without a doubt the greatest racer to ever grace the slopes.
She pulled off the achievement in Are, Sweden, in the slalom World Cup race.
After matching Ingemar Stenmarks record of 86 victories the day before, she didn’t waste any time going the extra mile and breaking the Swede’s record.
Her skiing was electric, she led the first run by a whopping 0.94 seconds, and she was able to bring it home on the second leg, winning the race by 0.92 seconds.
To set records like these is incredible, but to be so dominant in these races makes it even more impressive.
That is not to underestimate the rest of the field of course, the current display of female slalom racers is full of amazing talents, and that talent was shown throughout in this race.
Following the result, the 27-year-old said: “When you have a lead, you have to be smart, but I also just wanted to be fast too.
“I skied exactly how I wanted and that’s amazing.
“To the whole team and everyone who’s helped this season and my whole career, after all these years it’s pretty incredible. I just want to say thank you for that.”
Wendy Holdener of Switzerland was nearest to the American, she made up a place on the second run on home-star Anna Swenn Larsson who finished 3rd.
There was a brilliant top-ten finish for 17-year-old Cornelia Oehlund on her home piste, she climbed ten places after placing 20th on the first run and set the fastest time on the final leg. The skier at such a young age has shown much promise and is certainly one to look out for in the future.
Fellow Swede Hanna Aronsson Elfman was unlucky to not make the podium after she was firing down the piste, looking to improve her 4th place position from the opening leg.
She was in full attack mode but straddled the double-gate in the hairpin at the bottom of the piece, it would've been her first time in the top three in the World Cup in her career.
Great Britain’s Charlie Guest skied out on the first run and Alex Tilley did not feature.
Words Jack Feneley
Pictures Zoom Agence