After six weeks out of the sport, ski star Mikaela Shiffrin made a triumphant return from injury to win a record-equaling eighth World Cup slalom season title
After six weeks out of the sport, ski star Mikaela Shiffrin made a triumphant return from injury to win a record-equaling eighth World Cup slalom season title
Mikaela Shiffrin has made a triumphant return to the Alpine skiing World Cup after a six-week injury layoff. The American star dominated the season’s penultimate slalom for career win 96 and locked up her record-equaling eighth season title in the discipline. Shiffrin raced for the first time since hurting her left knee in a downhill crash in Italy. She posted the fastest times in both runs to beat Croatian prodigy Zrinka Ljutic by a massive 1.24 seconds and third-placed Michelle Gisin of Switzerland by 1.34.
Shiffrin made a triumphant comeback to the World Cup Sunday, dominating the season’s penultimate slalom for career win 96 and locking up her record-equaling eighth season title in the discipline.
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