Shiffrin Scorches To 53rd World Cup Win

Muhammad Rameez Published January 15, 2019 | 09:47 PM

Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin continued her incredibly rich vein of form with her 53rd World Cup victory in Kronplatz's giant slalom on Tuesday

Kronplatz, Italy, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 15th Jan, 2019 ) :Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin continued her incredibly rich vein of form with her 53rd World Cup victory in Kronplatz's giant slalom on Tuesday.

The 23-year-old American, the double defending World Cup overall champion, clocked a combined total of 2min 04.75sec over two runs, having taken a 1.39sec lead over the first descent.

France's Tessa Worley, who timed the quickest second run, was second, 1.21sec off Shiffrin's pace, for her fourth podium placing in five giant slalom outings this season. Italian Marta Bassino (+1.57) rounded out the podium.

"It's my first win on this piste," Shiffrin told RAI. "Last year it wasn't great for me (with elimination in the first run) and I really wanted to make up for that.

"Today was great. I was very aggressive on the first run, but I knew everyone would up their game on the second.

"That's what happened. I wanted to be a little more cautious, I was defending something. Some turns were really good, but others just good!"The victory was the seventh of Shiffrin's career in the giant slalom on the World Cup circuit, the bulk (37) of her success having come in the slalom, a discipline in which she is Olympic and triple world champion.

She also has victories in the parallel slalom, downhill, super-G and combined, making her the first and only skier to have won in all six FIS disciplines.