On Sunday, Mikaela Shiffrin won the giant slalom in Kranjska Gora (Slovenia), the victory brought special satisfaction to the American: she repeated the record of the legendary Lindsay Vonn – 82 victories in the World Cup in mountain skiing, according to nbcsports.

​Mikaela Shiffrin repeated Lindsay Vonn’s record

The victory in the giant slalom in Slovenia brings Shiffrin into a tie with the legendary Vonn.

“I don’t know why I was so excited, maybe it was a little bit because of 82 (Lindsey Vonn’s record number of wins). I really wanted to ski well and I did. I do not believe” – Michaela Shiffrin.

Next week, 27-year-old Mikaela will have her first chance to set a new record for victories in the Alpine World Cup.

If she wins the giant slalom in Flachau, Austria, on Tuesday, January 10, Mikaela Shiffrin will become the owner of a new world record for the number of victories among women.

With 82 career victories, Mikaela Shiffrin can think even further: she attacks the record of the Swede Ingemar Stenmark (86 victories), the absolute leader of both sexes.

It took Shiffrin 233 races to win 82 Alpine Ski World Cups. Lindsay Vonn won number 82 at the age of 33.

The winning standings of the Alpine Skiing World Cup (women)

1 Lindsey Vonn 82 (2001 – 2019)

1 Mikaela Shiffrin 82 (2012-present)

3 Annemarie Moser-Prohl 62 (1969 – 1980)

4 Vreni Schneider 55 (1984 – 1995)

5 Renate Gottschl 46 (1993 – 2009), etc.