Shiffrin wins overall World Cup title, places 2nd in super-G
Mikaela Shiffrin gained skiing’s total Environment Cup title for the fourth time on Thursday, fueled by speed races that turned her anticipated duel with Petra Vlhová into a runaway success.
Shiffrin concluded second in the super-G at the Environment Cup Finals — 1 day immediately after a shock victory in the downhill — to place extra strain on Vlhová for the in general title.
The Slovakian skier experienced to end no worse than seventh to stop Shiffrin from extending her direct in the standings beyond 200 points with only their specialty slalom and large slalom races still left about the weekend.
The defending champion concluded 17th, exterior the major 15 scoring spots, to trail Shiffrin by 236 points.
Shiffrin sat in the snow seeing her rival’s run, shielding her eyes powering sun shades, and smiled in her minute of victory. Ragnhild Mowinckel of Norway gained the race and was the initial to greet Shiffrin with a extended hug.
Shiffrin’s boyfriend, Norwegian skier Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, was at the prime of the slope planning to race in the men’s super-G. He is the winner in that self-discipline.
Shiffrin attained her fourth huge crystal world trophy soon after winning three straight over-all titles from 2017-19, and a person thirty day period just after battling at the Beijing Olympics.
American skier Lindsey Vonn also gained 4 general titles in her profession, trailing powering only Austrian good Annemarie Moser-Pröll’s six titles in the 1970s.
In the super-G, Shiffrin finished .05 seconds driving Mowinckel. Michelle Gisin of Switzerland was 3rd, .13 at the rear of.
The period-very long tremendous-G title experienced now been secured by Federica Brignone of Italy, who put 19th on Thursday.
Olympic champion Lara Gut-Behrami skipped a gate and did not complete.
After enduring one of the toughest months of her profession at the Olympics, winning no medals in 6 functions, Shiffrin rested and educated for what proved to be a standout March.
Shiffrin and Vlhová commenced the thirty day period tied in the standings with eight races still left — 5 in their favored specialized disciplines and a few in speed, which both have typically raced only selectively.
Those pace races proved decisive. Shiffrin was runner-up in a tremendous-G in Switzerland, and then opened the Earth Cup Finals on Wednesday with only her third profession victory in downhill.
In people same speed races, Vlhová posted benefits of 18th, 16th and 17th, respectively. She also competed in again-to-again downhills on Feb. 26-27 which Shiffrin skipped.
The relaxation compensated off for Shiffrin. Vlhová put only 16th and 29th in all those races to tie the American in the standings in its place of using an anticipated direct.
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