Michaela Schiffrin Arrived in Kranjska Gora with two options for setting Lindsey Vonn summit. Saturday’s giant slalom brought an unexpected result: Having won the previous five World Cups, Shiffrin finished only sixth in the Slovenian, and Canadian, field. Valerie Grenier It was won by someone who could not stand on the podium before. But on Sunday, no one could stop Shiffrin, he won his second giant slalom in Kranjska Gora, so he already has 82 World Cup victories, like his great predecessor.
Shiffrin won the first race on Sunday, so he could skate in second place, and when he finished in first place, the first setup was official. The classic twenty-seven-year-old didn’t leave it to chance, he also had the best time in the second race.
– I was very nervous at first, probably because it was eighty-two. I wanted to ski very well, and I succeeded, said Mikaela Shifrin, fighting back tears of joy after making it to the top.
Italy’s Federica Brignone and Switzerland’s Lara Gut Behrami finished on the podium behind the American classic. In the World Cup as a whole, Shiffrin’s advantage has already increased to more than four hundred points over Slovakian Petra Vlhova, who took fourth place on Sunday, but in the division points competition she has only approached Italian Marta Pacino, who is the leader.
Michaela Shifrin’s Journey to Record
Mikaela Shiffrin appeared on the international alpine skiing front at a very young age. He was not until the age of 16 when he made his World Cup debut in 2011. A few months later, he was able to stand on the podium, and at the end of 2012, at the age of 17, he won his first World Cup victory.
At that time, countryman, Lindsey Vonn She was the sport’s biggest star, representing a separate category in fast numbers (downhill, super giant slalom) and finally stopping at eighty-two championship victories. The previous women’s record of 62 was a success, but Vonn chased the absolute top in vain, it was finally the Swedish Ingmar StenmarkHe remained, with eighty-six.
