Mikaela Shiffrin matches Lindsey Vonns World Cup Record

By TH Team  08/01/2023

Mikaela Pauline Shiffrin OLY is an American two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and World Cup alpine skier.

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Mikaela Shiffrin is the youngest slalam champion in Olympic alpine skiing history, at 18 years and 345 days. 

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Mikaela Shiffrin is a four-time Overall World Cup champion, a four-time world champion in slalom, and a six-time winner of the World Cup discipline title in that event.

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Skiing star Mikaela Shiffrin  has equaled Lindsey Vonn’s record of 82 World Cup wins with victory in the giant slalom at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, on Sunday.

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Shiffrin celebrated with a scream then bent over and rested her hands on her poles before kissing her skis in the awards ceremony.

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Already with eight wins this season, Shiffrin is also quickly approaching Ingemar Stenmark’s overall record — between men and women — of 86 victories.

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Vonn retired four years ago when injuries ended her pursuit of Stenmark’s record. 

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Shiffrin and Vonn now each have 20 more wins than the next woman on the all-time list, Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria at 62.

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After taking a 0.24-second lead in the first run, Shiffrin finished 0.20-second ahead of Switzerland’s Lara Gut-Behrami, who finished third overall, and Slovakia’s Petra Vlhova in her second run.

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