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American skiing great Mikaela Shiffrin has won a record-tying 86th World Cup race with victory in a giant slalom in Sweden.
Shiffrin equals Stenmark’s record of 86 World Cup wins
US skiing superstar Mikaela Shiffrin has won her 86th World Cup race, equalling Ingemar Stenmark’s all-time record with victory in a giant slalom, fittingly in his home country of Sweden.
Shiffrin’s magnificent win in Are on Friday finally enabled her to match the mark of the great Stenmark that was set 34 years ago.
The 27-year-old American protected her half-second lead from the first run and finished 0.64 seconds ahead of Federica Brignone for another dominant win.
“This is just a spectacular day. Oh my goodness,” she said in a course-side interview afterwards.
