Mikaela Shiffrin wins women s combined to set American record with 6th skiing world championship title
February 15, 2021 / 11:56 AM / CBS/AP Making an Olympic champion
CORTINA D AMPEZZO, Italy Mikaela Shiffrin s latest gold medal from the skiing world championships moved her past both Lindsey Vonn and Ted Ligety. Shiffrin won the combined on Monday, giving her a sixth gold and a ninth career medal from the worlds - one more than Vonn at the top of the all-time list of American medalists. I can t wrap my head around it. It s a number, right? I don t even know what the number is. But it s a number, said Shiffrin, who took bronze in Thursday s opening event, the super-G. So, in that way, sure, I can say, That s cool. But today I was focused on today and in the super-G, I was focused on the super-G, she added.