Mikaela Shiffrin made it 79 World Cup victories after the American also won the second giant slalom in Semmering (Austria).

Michaela ShiffrinPhoto: GEORG HOCHMUTH / AFP / Profimedia

Mikaela Shiffrin came close to Lindsey Vonn’s record

Despite a few mistakes, Mikaela Shiffrin won with a time of 2:03.51 (59.45 + 1:04.06), followed by world champion Lara Guth-Behrami of Switzerland with a score of 10/100 and Italy’s Marta Bassino with a score of 47/100 . .

Shiffrin, a four-time winner of the big crystal globe, came close to the leader of the women’s hierarchy of her compatriot Lindsay Vonn (82) and the Swede Ingemar Stenmark (86) in the ranking of victories at the World Cup. absolute leader for both sexes.

Shiffrin leads the overall standings of the World Cup with 775 points, followed by the Italian Sofia Goja (470) and Slovakian Petra Vlhova (456).

Italian Marta Bassino leads the giant slalom hierarchy with 300 points, followed by Shiffrin (260) and Lara Gut (252), reports Agerpres.