SUN VALLEY, Idaho — Mikaela Shiffrin easily navigated a bumpy course to simply win the ladies’s slalom Thursday on the World Cup finals.
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The primary-run chief, Shiffrin discovered one other burst to complete in a mixed time of 1 minute, 45.92 seconds and beat Lena Duerr of Germany by 1.13 seconds. Andreja Slokar of Slovenia took third.
Shiffrin glided by the course at Solar Valley with a big crowd cheering her by each gate. The American ski racing standout closed out the World Cup slalom season the identical means she began it — with a win.
It was an injury-marred season for Shiffrin, who competed in solely the slalom at finals. The 30-year-old Shiffrin has missed 4 slalom races this season and that is taken her out of retaining her title within the self-discipline. She nonetheless completed in fourth place within the slalom standings.
Croatian ski racer Zrinka Ljutic was tenth in Thursday’s race and captured the season-long slalom title race over Katharina Liensberger of Austria. The 21-year-old Ljutic captured final season’s “rising star” award and is exhibiting that expertise forward of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics. Camille Rast of Switzerland slipped to 3rd within the total slalom standings.
U.S. skier Paula Moltzan had a quick second run Thursday — ending sixth — two days after a crash within the big slalom. She wore a bandage on her chin.
For Shiffrin, a painful season drew to an in depth. She’s labored her means again from a severe big slalom crash in Killington, Vermont, in late November, the place she suffered a deep puncture wound that precipitated extreme trauma to her indirect muscular tissues. The crash led to emotional trauma, too, leaving her with post-traumatic stress dysfunction within the GS.
This season has additionally included a memorable milestone for Shiffrin when she received her one centesimal World Cup race throughout a slalom in Italy on Feb. 23.
On Thursday, Shiffrin picked up World Cup win No. 101. Fittingly, there have been children within the crowd wearing pet outfits — a nod to Disney’s “101 Dalmatians.”
When she takes the slalom course, any slalom course, Shiffrin’s been robust to beat. She’s received 4 of the six World Cup slalom races she’s been on this season.
Over her profession, Shiffrin has completed first, second or third in a World Cup slalom race in 89 of 118 begins, which is a 75.4% podium price. She’s received 64 occasions — a 54.2% victory price.
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