Mikaela Shiffrin gained a record-tying sixth World Cup season title on Wednesday in Hafjell, Norway.
Heading into the enormous slalom, the ultimate race of the season, Shiffrin had an 85-point lead over Emma Aicher of Germany. A end no decrease than fifteenth place would lead to claiming the title. Aicher may steal the title if she gained the race and Shiffrin completed beneath fifteenth within the large slalom.
Shiffrin completed eleventh, and Aicher led to twelfth place.
Shiffrin, 31, tied Annemarie Moser-Proll along with her sixth season championship. The Austrian gained 5 season titles from 1971-75 and the ultimate one in 1979.
The 2026 Olympic champion within the slalom, Shiffrin gained the World Cup title in consecutive years from 2017-19 and once more in 2022 and 2023.
“It is fairly emotional,” Shiffrin stated to the Worldwide Ski and Snowboard Federation after the race. “I am actually grateful to be on this place now. It is actually a giant emotion, however I am so grateful for the combat.”
Lindsey Vonn is subsequent on the record with 4 total titles.
Together with her slalom win on Tuesday, Shiffrin earned her a hundred and tenth profession victory on the World Cup circuit, extending her lead over Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden, who gained 86 earlier than his retirement in 1989.
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