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Shiffrin Wins Hafjell Slalom to Stand One Race From Sixth Overall Title

She now leads by 85 points heading into Wednesday's 100-point giant slalom.

Overview

  • Mikaela Shiffrin won Tuesday's World Cup slalom in Hafjell, Norway, putting her within one race of the season's overall crystal globe.
  • She clocked 2:07.61 for her 110th World Cup victory, finishing 1.32 seconds ahead of Wendy Holdener with Emma Aicher in third.
  • The result pushed her overall lead to 85 points going into Wednesday's giant slalom, where Aicher must win and Shiffrin must place 17th or lower for the standings to flip.
  • Shiffrin closed a dominant slalom campaign with nine wins in 10 races and had already received the discipline's crystal globe.
  • She is aiming to tie Annemarie Moser-Pröll's benchmark of six overall titles, adding to her five crowns from 2017–2019 and 2022–2023.