Mikaela Shiffrin Takes all Time Wins Record
Mikaela Shiffrin Takes all Time Wins Record
Published : 11-Mar-2023 07:50
***STORY UPDATED BELOW ***
Ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin has equalled the tally for the most Alpine Skiing World Cup race wins, taking her 86th victory where she took her first, aged 17, eleven yerears ago, at Åre in Sweden. Shiffrin, who turns 28 on Monday, won the GS race by 0.64 seconds.
Sweden is also the home nation of the holder of the record she has equalled, Ingemar Stenmark who has held the record for more than three decades. Stenmark dominated slalom racing in the 1970s and early 1980s, winning his last race, after a two year gap, in 1989, when he was five years older than Mikaela Shiffrin is now.
"It is the greatest honor of my career to be mentioned in the same sentence as Ingemar Stenmark. Incomprehensible and truly unforgettable," said Shiffrin.
Shiffrin has the chance to take here 87th win today in the slalom at the second day of racing at Åre, or at the upcoming World Cup Finals in Soldeu.
*** UPDATE 15.00 ON 11.03.23 ***
Shiffrin took her 87th win in the slalom at the second day of racing at Åre to move one ahead of Stenmark and become the new most successful World cup winner of all time.
Sponsors Atomic who have supplied Shiffrin's skis throughout her career posted the image below.
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