Shiffrin Gets Career Win 95 in First World Cup Slalom After Season-Ending Injury for Rival Vlhova

Shiffrin Gets Career Win 95 in First World Cup Slalom After Season-Ending Injury for Rival Vlhova
United States' Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates on the podium after winning an alpine ski women's World Cup slalom race in Jasna, Slovakia, on Jan. 21, 2024. Giovanni Maria Pizzato/AP Photo
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JASNA, Slovakia—Mikaela Shiffrin earned her record-extending career win 95 by triumphing in a women’s World Cup slalom Sunday, Jan. 21, a day after the American ski star’s main rival sustained a season-ending injury.

In the first race without Olympic slalom champion Petra Vlhova, Shiffrin edged out Croatian teenager Zrinka Ljutic by 0.14 seconds. Sweden’s Anna Swenn Larsson in third and Switzerland’s Camille Rast in fourth were the only other racers to finish within a second of Shiffrin’s time.