“I had to have good rides and I did it. It was a tough fight, but the conditions were great. I listened to the coach and drove aggressively,” Shifrina said live on Eurosport.
INCREDIBLE!! @MikaelaShiffrin JUST TIED @lindseyvonn’s record for World Cup victories with 82 WORLD CUP WINS! Can you believe it?! #stifelusalpineteam @usalpineskiteam pic.twitter.com/zBhrpsdyqi
— U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team (@usskiteam) January 8, 2023
He beat runner-up Federico Brignoni of Italy by 0.77 seconds, while Switzerland’s Lara Gutta-Behrami was two tenths of a second behind. Slovakian Petra Vlhova remained one tenth of a second behind the first three.
Shifrin won her first victory on December 20, 2012, winning the slalom at the age of 17 in Ore, Sweden. During her career, she has won 51 slalom competitions, 17 giant slaloms, five super giants and five parallel distances, as well as three downhill and one Alpine combined.
Already on Tuesday, December 17, Shifrina can become the most titled alpine skier of all time in the women’s competition and get closer to the record holder Stenmark.
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