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Even with all her accomplishments and accolades, Mikaela Shiffrin can still outdo herself.
Shiffrin set the single-season record for most World Cup wins in one discipline Tuesday, March 24, with her ninth victory in 10 slalom races. That's one more slalom win than she had in 2019, when she set the single-season record for World Cup victories with 17.
And the nine wins doesn't include her gold medal at the Milano Cortina Olympics.
"This season has been so exciting. Quite like a whirlwind with all the wonderful races that we had, the Olympics and everything," Shiffrin said. "It’s been really pushing at a high level for a long time. And I am grateful for it."
Even more impressive than her wins: Shiffrin's margin of victory in her nine wins has been more than 1.1 seconds. In a sport where races are often decided by tenths or hundredths of a point, that type of dominance is astounding.
More: Peace of mind was Mikaela Shiffrin's biggest victory in 2026 Winter Olympics
Shiffrin's time of 2:07.61 in the World Cup finals was 1.32 seconds ahead of Wendy Holdener of Switzerland. Emma Aicher of Germany was third, 0.04 seconds behind Holdener.
After Shiffrin bumped Holdener out of the top position on the first run, Holdener held up her hands as if to say, "What are you going to do?"
Indeed.
The win also gives Shiffrin a commanding lead over Aicher in the race for the overall title. Shiffrin leads the 22-year-old by 85 points with only the giant slalom race at the World Cup finals on Wednesday, March 25, to go.
"There’s a new era of the greatest overall skier and I’m so excited to watch what she does in the future," Shiffrin said of Aicher. "For now we have one more race. ... We're both going to try and get a nap probably and then give it one last push."
Shiffrin is the best slalom skier in history, with 73 of her record 110 World Cup wins coming in the discipline. But she's skiing on another level this season. She was on the podium for every World Cup slalom race, finishing second in the one she didn't win.
She also won the Olympic slalom title, giving her two golds in the discipline and three overall.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Mikaela Shiffrin sets season record with ninth World Cup slalom win
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Shiffrin set the single-season record for most World Cup wins in one discipline Tuesday, March 24, with her ninth victory in 10 slalom races. That's one more slalom win than she had in 2019, when she set the single-season record for World Cup victories with 17.
And the nine wins doesn't include her gold medal at the Milano Cortina Olympics.
"This season has been so exciting. Quite like a whirlwind with all the wonderful races that we had, the Olympics and everything," Shiffrin said. "It’s been really pushing at a high level for a long time. And I am grateful for it."
Even more impressive than her wins: Shiffrin's margin of victory in her nine wins has been more than 1.1 seconds. In a sport where races are often decided by tenths or hundredths of a point, that type of dominance is astounding.
More: Peace of mind was Mikaela Shiffrin's biggest victory in 2026 Winter Olympics
Shiffrin's time of 2:07.61 in the World Cup finals was 1.32 seconds ahead of Wendy Holdener of Switzerland. Emma Aicher of Germany was third, 0.04 seconds behind Holdener.
After Shiffrin bumped Holdener out of the top position on the first run, Holdener held up her hands as if to say, "What are you going to do?"
Indeed.
The win also gives Shiffrin a commanding lead over Aicher in the race for the overall title. Shiffrin leads the 22-year-old by 85 points with only the giant slalom race at the World Cup finals on Wednesday, March 25, to go.
"There’s a new era of the greatest overall skier and I’m so excited to watch what she does in the future," Shiffrin said of Aicher. "For now we have one more race. ... We're both going to try and get a nap probably and then give it one last push."
Shiffrin is the best slalom skier in history, with 73 of her record 110 World Cup wins coming in the discipline. But she's skiing on another level this season. She was on the podium for every World Cup slalom race, finishing second in the one she didn't win.
She also won the Olympic slalom title, giving her two golds in the discipline and three overall.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Mikaela Shiffrin sets season record with ninth World Cup slalom win
Continue reading...
