Mikaela Shiffrin secures record sixth Levi slalom victory

Mikaela Shiffrin secured back-to-back slalom wins in Levi on Sunday (20 November) to claim a record sixth victory at the Finnish resort.

After her triumph on Saturday, the two-time Olympic champion was tied on five with reigning Olympic slalom champion Petra Vlhova.

The American held a slender 0.07s lead over Lena Duerr after the first run, and again posted the fastest time down the Levi Black piste on the second run to win in a combined time of 1:52.21.

Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener was 0.28s behind in second, moving up from fourth place after the first run, with Vlhova a further four-tenths adrift in third for the second successive day.

Just as on Saturday, and at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games, Duerr had to settle for fourth place after again failing to repeat her first run heroics.

Shiffrin took another step closer to becoming the most successful World Cup skier in history with her 76th triumph in alpine skiing’s premier annual series.

She is now six wins away from the women's record of 82 held by compatriot Lindsay Vonn with Ingemar Stenmark top of the pile on 86.

The 27-year-old told FIS afterwards, "I really didn't expect today, even after the first run. I think everybody's who's racing is so strong right now and there's actually a little bit of luck.

"I've been working hard on preparation. My coaches have been working like crazy, the whole team. Training here with the U.S. girls and with Paula (Moltzan) last week... she's been pushing me to my limit and that was such good practice for the race and I'm just very happy."

Women’s Alpine skiing World Cup slalom results – Levi:

1. Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) 1:52.21
2. Wendy Holdener (SUI) 1:52.49
3. Petra Vlhova (SVK) 1:52.89
4. Lena Duerr (GER) 1:53.18
5. Sara Hector (SWE) 1:53.63
6. Leona Popovic (CRO) 1:53.83
7. Zrinka Ljutic (CRO) 1:54.00
8. Katharina Liensberger (AUT) 1:54.06
9. Laurence St-Germain (CAN) 1:54.22
10. Thea Louise Stjernesund (NOR) 1:54.45

For full results, see here.