Shiffrin Wins Record 47th Slalom, Vlhova Takes Season Title
Jan 11, 2022, 2:50 PM
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SCHLADMING, Austria (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin has won the last women’s World Cup slalom before the Beijing Olympics.
Her Slovakian rival Petra Vlhova locked up the season title in the discipline.
The American improved from fifth place to beat first-run leader Vlhova by 0.15 seconds.
SHIFFRIN MAKES HISTORY! 🤯
With a first-place finish at the @fisalpine World Cup in Schladming, Austria, @MikaelaShiffrin has set a world record with her 47th World Cup slalom win! pic.twitter.com/74lbn3ynjf
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) January 11, 2022
Germany’s Lena DĂĽrr finished 0.93 behind in third.
It was Shiffrin’s 47th career slalom win and she became the first skier in World Cup history to win that many races in a single discipline.
Vlhova leads Shiffrin by 220 points with just two more World Cup slaloms scheduled after the Olympics.
Shiffrin remains in the overall lead.