Mikaela Shiffrin Wins 90th World Cup
Mikaela Shiffrin Wins 90th World Cup
Published : 26-Nov-2023 07:28
The remarkable American ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin has taken an unprecedented 90th World Cup win.
Competing in the slalom race on home snow in Killington, Vermont, a race she has won five times previously, the 28 year old was leading by nine hundredths of a second after the first run.
Slovakia's Petra Vlhova who had been lying third out down a storming second run, but Shiffrin held on for the win, by .33 of a second.
It's her second win of the 23-24 campaign, after taking the second Levi slalom a week ago, her 7th win at the Finnish resorts, where each winner gets a reindeer, as well as prize money.
She became the most successful ski racer of all time last March when she equalled then overtook the previous record of 86 wins, which had stood for 34 years, set by Sweden's Ingermar Stenmark.
Shiffrin named one of her reindeer Ingemar, as a token of esteem and with his permission.
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