Mikaela Shiffrin has celebrated an emotional win in a women’s World Cup night race as the American edged out Slovakian skier Petra Vlhova in another gripping duel of their ongoing slalom rivalry. The American ski star trailed Vlhova by 0.07 seconds after the first run but posted the second-fastest time in the final run to win the race by 0.27. It was Shiffrin’s 94th career win and came nine days after she didn’t finish the previous slalom while battling a cold and two days after she visited her partner Aleksander Aamodt Kilde in a hospital in Switzerland following the Norwegian skier’s crash in a downhill.
Mikaela Shiffrin celebrated an emotional win in a women’s World Cup night race Tuesday, edging out Slovakian skier Petra Vlhova in another gripping duel of their ongoing slalom rivalry.
FLACHAU, Austria (AP) Mikaela Shiffrin didn’t want to slow down, even after the race was over. Having just beaten her biggest slalom rival in a women’s World Cup night race on Tuesday, the American ski star was still in a hurry to get in touch with her boyfriend Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, who was […]
Mikaela Shiffrin trailed her biggest slalom rival by 0.07 seconds after the first run but posted the second-fastest time in the final run to win the race by 0.27.