Mikaela Shiffrin gained her twenty first occupation massive slalom on the World Cup finals Sunday because the American big name ended the season with but every other file.
The victory moved Shiffrin previous Vreni Schneider, every week after matching the Swiss skier’s mark of 20 World Cup GS victories. The American has gained seven of the final 8 occasions and took the GS international name final month.
The general GS file, between women and men, is held through Swedish nice Ingemar Stenmark, who gained 46 massive slaloms within the Seventies and 80s.
“I don’t know, you guys tell me,” Shiffrin stated with fun when she was once requested about imaginable subsequent data in a course-side interview, carried out through her boyfriend and World Cup downhill champion, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde.
“Just keep moving right along,” added Shiffrin, who secured the total, slalom and GS titles this season and prolonged the best-ever file for many occupation wins to 88.
After Kilde requested her about plans to enhance for subsequent season, Shiffrin quipped: “We can discuss that later, in private.”
Shiffrin additionally set a private easiest of two,206 World Cup issues from 31 begins this season, two issues greater than her tally from 2018-19, when she competed in 26 races. Only one skier has secured extra issues in one season: Slovenian nice Tina Maze ended her 2012–13 marketing campaign on 2,414.
Sunday’s outcome additionally marked Shiffrin’s file 138th occupation World Cup podium, transferring her one forward of former teammate Lindsey Vonn’s mark of 137.
But for Shiffrin, her private favourite file got here 9 years in the past.
“Honestly, I feel most definitely being the youngest Olympic slalom champion. That was once actually the one file that I in fact ever sought after, like actually shot for,” said Shiffrin, who was 18 when she won her first Olympic gold at the 2014 Sochi Games. “It happened quite some time ago, and I’m still motivated today, I still had that nervous feeling up there. I was so nervous at the beginning… because you want to do well. And it doesn’t matter about records, it’s just you want to do well.”
With the solar beaming down at the Avet path on Sunday, Shiffrin held directly to her a first-run result in edge Thea Louise Stjernesund through 0.06 seconds. The Norwegian earned her first occupation podium. Canadian skier Valerie Grenier was once 3rd, trailing Shiffrin through 0.20sec.
Three of the highest seven ranked racers didn’t end their first runs, as Petra Vlhova, who gained Saturday’s slalom, Federica Brignone and Olympic champion Sara Hector all ignored a gate.
Two-time former international champion Tessa Worley positioned eleventh in what she stated will be the final race of her occupation. The French GS specialist has gained 16 races and 3 season titles, maximum just lately final 12 months.