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Mikaela Shiffrin takes home Olympic gold in the slalom

Mikaela Shiffrin takes home Olympic gold in the slalom

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After days of disappointment, Mikaela Shiffrin storms to gold in slalom

After days of disappointment, Mikaela Shiffrin storms to gold in slalom

MILAN — In her third and final opportunity to medal at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, Team USA superstar skier Mikaela Shiffrin ended her struggles at the Olympics during two emphatic runs Wednesday that earned her gold in slalom. Shiffrin stormed down a Cortina d’Ampezzo course with nearly 600 feet of vertical drop to finish in 47.13 seconds after her first run, 0.82 of a second ahead of the rest of the field. In slalom, skiers take two runs and the times are combined to determine medals. Follow along for live coverage Four hours later, Shiffrin stood at the starting gate for her second and final run, knowing she was less than 51 seconds away from her first medal since 2018. It was by no means guaranteed. The second-to-last rider before Shiffrin broke a pole halfway down the course. And the skier immediately preceding her, Germany’s Lena Duerr, who was in second place after her first run, hooked the first gate and immediately stopped her run within seconds. Shiffrin’s final run, in contrast, was a …

Mikaela Shiffrin Wins Last Slalom Before Olympics and Locks up Record Ninth Season Discipline Title

Mikaela Shiffrin Wins Last Slalom Before Olympics and Locks up Record Ninth Season Discipline Title

SPINDLERUV MLYN, Czech Republic (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin has locked up the slalom season title with the Olympics looming to become the first skier in the six-decade history of the World Cup with nine season titles in one discipline. The American star might have to share her record soon, though, as teammate Lindsey Vonn has eight downhill titles and currently holds a commanding lead in those standings in her second season back from her initial retirement in 2019. On the men’s side, Ingemar Stenmark won the slalom globe and Marcel Hirscher the overall title eight times each. Shiffrin dominated the last slalom before the Milan Cortina Games on Sunday, securing top spot in the discipline standings with two races to spare. Shiffrin won both runs to beat runner-up Camille Rast, the world champion from Switzerland, by 1.67 seconds. The rest of the field, led by Germany’s Emma Aicher, trailed by more than two seconds. But the American was reluctant to read too much into those results and how they may translate to her form for …