American Mikaela Shiffrin secured a giant slalom double in Semmering, Austria to claim her 79th World Cup alpine skiing victory, moving her within three wins of compatriot Lindsey Vonn’s women’s record of 82.
Mikaela Shiffrin
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Shiffrin clocked a combined time of two minutes and 3.51 seconds to beat Switzerland’s Lara Gut-Behrami by 0.10 seconds. It was back-to-back victories for Shiffrin who also won yesterday.
“Today I was a bit more nervous than yesterday, because of yesterday but it was still really nice skiing,” said Shiffrin, who also won the Semmering GS double in 2016.
The 27-year-old will have a chance to complete a treble tomorrow, in the slalom race at the same location.
“I am going to try tomorrow but I don’t think I am going to win the race,” said the racer who has already claimed two World Cup slalom titles this season.
“I think Wendy (Holdener, SUI) is so strong and some of the other women. It’s going to be a tough race no matter what. I am really looking forward to it.”
Shiffrin leads the overall World Cup standings by 305 points from Italy’s Sofia Goggia.
Male skier Ingemar Stenmark (SWE) has 86 career World Cup wins.
New Zealanders Alice Robinson and Piera Hudson failed to finish the first run of the giant slalom today.
Robinson was ninth in the opening race yesterday.
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