Mikaela Shiffrin Broadens All-time best with 105th World Cup Giant Slalom Win.
Shiffrin's performance transcends mere victory every slalom of the Olympic season. She’s dominating each race and securing victories by significant gaps as well.
A Night of Record-Extending Performance
The US ski sensation claimed a record-extending 105th World Cup victory after several of her primary challengers failed to finish during the first run of a night race on Tuesday.
Shiffrin added to her first-run lead and ended up 1.55 seconds ahead of Swiss skier Camille Rast and 1.71 ahead of competitor from Germany Emma Aicher.
"Shiffrin has now won the opening four slaloms of the season – and five consecutive including the last event of last season," noted analysts.
Overwhelming Margins of Victory
All of her winning leads this season have exceeded a full second – with three of them over 1.5 seconds: 1.66 in Levi, Finland; 1.23 seconds in Gurgl, Austria; and 1.57 seconds in Copper Mountain, Colorado before her most recent performance in the French Alps.
Rivals Encounter Difficulty
Opponents attempting to reach Shiffrin encountered trouble.
- Lena Duerr, the German skier who was in third place after the first run, skied off the track early in her second trip down.
- Lara Colturi, the born in Italy skier who races for Albania, straddled a gate toward the end of her initial run – ending a streak of three consecutive slalom podiums.
- Wendy Holdener managed a seventh-place finish even with a mishap at the end of her first run where she encountered a rut, was launched into the air, and landed on her back.
Reigning World Cup slalom champion Zrinka Ljutic and Olympic silver medalist Katharina Liensberger, the next two starters, went out midway down the course.
This marks the third straight slalom that Ljutic has not completed.
Final Standings
Katharina Truppe of Austria placed fourth and American skier Paula Moltzan moved up from ninth to fifth with the fastest second run of the race.
An Iconic Career of Accomplishments
This win represented Shiffrin's 68th World Cup slalom victory. Her Olympic accolades include gold in slalom at the 2014 Sochi Olympics and gold in giant slalom four years later at the Pyeongchang Games. She didn’t medal at the 2022 Beijing Games.
The upcoming winter Olympics' women’s Alpine skiing events will be held in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy – a venue where Shiffrin won four medals in her four events at the 2021 world championships.
