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American skier Mikaela Shiffrin gained a file 83rd Global Cup race Tuesday in Italy.
Shiffrin’s large slalom victory broke a tie at the all-time girls’s checklist with former American teammate Lindsey Vonn. Vonn retired 4 years in the past when accidents minimize her occupation quick.
“It would take me a bit bit to determine what to mention,” Shiffrin stated. “I do not know what to mention at the moment.”
Shiffrin now wishes handiest 3 extra wins to check Ingemark Stenmark’s general mark — between women and men — of 86 victories.
Stenmark competed within the Seventies and 80s.
Shiffrin led from begin to end on the Kronplatz lodge within the Italian Dolomites, crossing 0.45 seconds forward of global champion Lara Intestine-Behrami and 1.43 forward of house favourite and previous general champion Federica Brignone after additionally posting the quickest first run.
Shiffrin appeared exhausted
Shiffrin appeared exhausted and relieved instantly after completing, bending over and resting her head on her poles after which biting her lips prior to going over to embody Intestine-Behrami and Brignone.
Brignone advised Shiffrin, “Congrats,” and Shiffrin replied, “Oh my god.”
It used to be Shiffrin’s 9th win of the season.
What is extra is that Shiffrin remains to be handiest 27. Vonn used to be 33 when she gained her remaining Global Cup tournament and Stenmark used to be 32.
The file additionally comes just about a yr after Shiffrin did not win a medal in six occasions on the Beijing Olympics after coming into amid large expectancies.
Shiffrin can temporarily upload to her file general in some other large slalom at Kronplatz on Wednesday. Then she has two slaloms — her best possible tournament, having accounted for 51 of her 83 victories — in Spindleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic, subsequent weekend. That used to be the place Shiffrin made her Global Cup debut as a 15-year-old in March 2011.
After a brief smash, Shiffrin will on the other hand be a multi-medal risk on the international championships in Courchevel and Meribel, France, which get started on Feb. 6.
