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Shiffrin Takes Big Lead in World Cup Slalom that Could Seal a Record Sixth Overall Title
Mikaela Shiffrin leads with a 45-point advantage and a dominant first run, needing only a top-15 finish to tie Annemarie Moser-Pröll’s record six overall World Cup titles.
- On Tuesday, United States' Mikaela Shiffrin opened a commanding lead at the Lillehammer World Cup Finals in Hafjell, Norway, positioning herself to clinch a record-tying sixth overall title.
- Shiffrin dominated the slalom circuit this season, winning eight of nine World Cup races and capturing Olympic gold last month at Cortina d'Ampezzo, establishing her as the clear favorite.
- Shiffrin's opening run took more than one minute, seven seconds navigating 77 turning gates on an unusually long course, building a 1.10-second lead over the field.
- Any top 15 finish in the second run would secure the overall title for Shiffrin, who began the day 45 points ahead of Emma Aicher with the giant slalom on Wednesday as a backup scenario.
- A season victory would draw Shiffrin level with Austrian great Annemarie Moser-Pröll's six World Cup overall titles, the sport's most prized honor held since Moser-Pröll won five straight from 1971-75 and a sixth in 1979.
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New Hampshire Union Leader
Mikaela Shiffrin on cusp of season World Cup title
Mikaela Shiffrin will ski Wednesday for the season World Cup overall title.
InsideNoVA.com
Shiffrin closes on World Cup overall title with slalom win
Mikaela Shiffrin extended her overall World Cup lead with an imperious display to win the slalom at the World Cup finals in Lillehammer on Tuesday, although Emma Aicher pushed their title fight into the last race of the season.
Channel News Asia
The Straits TimesAlpine skiing-Shiffrin on brink of overall World Cup title after record slalom win
LILLEHAMMER, Norway, March 24 : U.S. Alpine ski great Mikaela Shiffrin stood on the brink of a record-equalling sixth overall women's World Cup title on Tuesday after winning the final slalom of the season in Norway.The commanding victory in Hafjell was a record-extending 110th of the 31-year-old Olympic cham
Mikaela Shiffrin took her ninth World Cup victory of the season when the slalom season ended in Hafjell, Norway, outside Lillehammer.
American Mikaela Shiffrin won the final women's slalom of the Alpine Skiing World Cup season in Hafjell, Norway. She took a lead of more than a second on the first run of one of the longest slaloms, and in the final she only confirmed her 110th career World Cup victory. The battle for the big crystal globe is not yet decided.
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