Shiffrin Goes for 100th World Cup Win
28th November 2024
She has two bites at the cherry in Killington USA in front of a home crowd after she took her 99th win last week in Austria. It’s GS on Saturday and slalom on Sunday. NEW
No-one has any serious doubt that she will reach the magical figure of 100 victories.
It is just a question of when.
It is a figure many thought impossible to reach as the legendary Swedish skier, Ingemar Stenmark, held the record for 87 titles for decades.
Then along came Mikaela Shiffrin.
Last weekend in Gurgl in Austria she clocked up her 99th win with PlanetSKI slopeside.
“I guess it’s not impossible, but so many things have to go right,” Shiffrin said in Gurgl about reaching 100 wins.
“From the outside it looks easy, or it looks like it’s supposed to happen this way.
“But… it’s certainly not easy.
“Everybody’s pushing and catching up.
“And so, I’m not taking that for granted.”
Gurgl World Cup. Image © PlanetSKI
Shiffrin has won both slalom events this season and aims to build on her record 62 wins in her best discipline.
On the Superstar track in Killington the double Olympic champion has yet to win a giant slalom, though she has reached the podium on three occasions.
However, she holds the record for slalom wins at the Vermont resort, with six victories out of seven races.
This weekend could bring even more skiing history for the American.
With 154 World Cup podiums to her name, the 29-year-old could potentially tie and surpass Ingemar Stemark’s ‘s record of 155 podiums.
Here at PlanetSKI we’ll be watching and reporting back.
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