Shiffrin Breaks Vonn’s Record for World Cup Wins

24th January 2023

Last modified on February 28th, 2023

Mikaela Shiffrin equalled Lindsey Vonn’s record of 82 career World Cup wins earlier this month in the giant slalom in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.

It was only a matter of time before she went one better, but she had to wait for it.

• Shiffrin Fails to Take Overall Record for Most Female World Cup Wins 

She finally did it in Kronplatz in the Italian Dolomites on Tuesday 24th January 2023.

Remember the date.

Shiffrin was leading after the first run, but was just 0.13 seconds ahead of Switzerland’s Lara Gut-Behrami in second.

Gut-Behrami had a brilliant second run and was almost a second ahead of Italy’s Federica Brignone when she crossed the finish line.

Shiffrin, as the last skier on the course, would have a tough task to beat her.

But she kept her cool and, even with a couple of minor errors, finished 0.45 seconds ahead to make sporting history.

5️⃣1️⃣ Slalom
1️⃣8️⃣ Giant Slalom
5️⃣ Super-G
5️⃣ Parallel
3️⃣ Downhill
1️⃣ Alpine Combined
= 8️⃣3️⃣ World Cup wins

You are witnessing history on the slopes with Mikaela Shiffrin 🤩🐐@MikaelaShiffrin | @usskiteam pic.twitter.com/PKrDR6kxmr

— Eurosport (@eurosport) January 24, 2023

Ed Drake, the British former ski racer was commentating for Eurosport and described it as a masterclass.

“Mikaela Shiffrin making history yet again – 83 World Cup victories. Oh my word, what can you say about that lady?” Drake said.

“History in the making, welcome to Kronplatz, welcome to the record books.”

In her first interview after the race, Shiffrin said it would might take her a little while before she thought of something to say, but she thanked the people who had worked so hard on the course.

“This morning I saw before the first run all of the course workers lining up to slip the hill and it’s the best conditions we had in a race all season, which is hard to say coming from Cortina and that’s because they were here all night slipping the course off making it so wonderful to ski, so thank you for that,” she said.

At the medal ceremony she was crowned the champion, literally.

Mikaela Shiffrin is crowned after her 83rd World Cup victory. Image screengrab from Eurosport

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— FIS Alpine (@fisalpine) January 24, 2023

But now, she’s added another GS victory to that tally to make it 19 giant slalom and 84 World Cup victories.

She won again on the same course in Kronplatz 24 hours after achieving the record.

“This season I was thinking, if I get 4 wins, 5 wins, maybe 6, that’s the most I could get and that would be a great season and now it’s 9 this season, I think. I mean, that’s actually enough for me. I don’t need more,” Shiffrin told Eurosport.

She added: “When I am in the start gate on the second run, I don’t need it but I want it so I am going to try my best, and that’s how I feel mentally.”

She joined CBS News fresh off of her latest victory to discuss her historic career and the key to her success.

Shiffrin’s World Cup wins have come in every discipline:

• 51 Slalom
• 19 Giant Slalom
• 5 Super G
• 5 Parallel slalom
• 3 Downhill
• 1 Combined

Last year, Shiffrin broke the record for the most slalom wins by any skier, female or male.

• Shiffrin Makes Sporting History

That was when she broke the slalom record held by the great Swede, Ingemar Stenmark.

Now, after double victory in Kronplatz in the Italian Dolomites, she has Stenmark’s overall tally of World Cup wins in her sights.

He managed 86 in his career.

So Shiffrin has just two more to go to officially become the greatest alpine skier in World Cup history.

Plenty of time for the young American to do it in her career.

But who’s betting she won’t do it this season, maybe even in the next week.

Shiffrin has two slalom races – one of Saturday and one on Sunday – in the Czech Republic.

Watch this space.

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