Shiffrin shows she's no fluke with second slalom win
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January 6, 2013, Sunday
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MIKAELA Shiffrin lived up to her billing as skiing's next big star by becoming the first American woman to win two World Cup races before the age of 18.
The 17-year-old Shiffrin won a night slalom in Zagreb, Croatia? on Friday by a massive 1.19-second margin, backing up her first career victory in Sweden last month with another dominating performance.
"Everything went really well today," Shiffrin said after putting down the fastest time in both runs. "It felt great."
Frida Hansdotter of Sweden came second, and Erin Mielzynski of Canada was 1.76 behind in third. The rest of the field finished more than two seconds off Shiffrin's winning time.
She now tops the World Cup slalom standings with 336 points, followed by Veronika Velez Zuzulova of Slovakia with 312 and Tina Maze with 310.
"It's definitely one of my goals to win the slalom title," Shiffrin said. "And then the GS (giant slalom) title, and sometime the overall."
It might still take some time for Shiffrin, who only competes in the technical disciplines, to challenge for the overall title. But she can already classify this as her breakthrough season after becoming the youngest woman since 1977 to win two slalom races in one season. She also has six more top-10 finishes so far.
Shiffrin was helped by mistakes from her closest challengers after the opening leg, Maze and Sweden's Maria Pietilae-Holmner, who both failed to finish their final run.
Hansdotter was full of praise for Shiffrin, calling her "an amazing skier" who just "goes for it."
The 17-year-old Shiffrin won a night slalom in Zagreb, Croatia? on Friday by a massive 1.19-second margin, backing up her first career victory in Sweden last month with another dominating performance.
"Everything went really well today," Shiffrin said after putting down the fastest time in both runs. "It felt great."
Frida Hansdotter of Sweden came second, and Erin Mielzynski of Canada was 1.76 behind in third. The rest of the field finished more than two seconds off Shiffrin's winning time.
She now tops the World Cup slalom standings with 336 points, followed by Veronika Velez Zuzulova of Slovakia with 312 and Tina Maze with 310.
"It's definitely one of my goals to win the slalom title," Shiffrin said. "And then the GS (giant slalom) title, and sometime the overall."
It might still take some time for Shiffrin, who only competes in the technical disciplines, to challenge for the overall title. But she can already classify this as her breakthrough season after becoming the youngest woman since 1977 to win two slalom races in one season. She also has six more top-10 finishes so far.
Shiffrin was helped by mistakes from her closest challengers after the opening leg, Maze and Sweden's Maria Pietilae-Holmner, who both failed to finish their final run.
Hansdotter was full of praise for Shiffrin, calling her "an amazing skier" who just "goes for it."
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