The American reached 2,206 points in her 88th victory, surpassing Vonn’s 87.
The Vail skier also earned her victory number 88 in the World Cup exceeding the 87 wins for Lindsey Vonn. She also earned her 21st career victory, breaking the record of Vreni Scheneider, a former Swiss skier of the 80s and 90s. In total this season, she finished with 14 wins and added 800 points to the giant’s overall standings.
Shiffrin won the first round with 56″60; Canadian Valérie Grenier was 0″62 and Italian Marta Bassino 0″63. In the second, the American won again with a total time of 1 ‘55.88 and at 0.06 was Norway’s Thea Louise Stjernesund who secured her first podium of the season in the final event of the course.
The Canadian Valérie Grenier finished in third position at 0 “20. That of Ottawa finished the course with her second podium this season after the one achieved in Kransjka Gora.
In the general classification of the World Cup, Lara Gut-Behrami took the second position since Petra Vlhova and Federica Brignone did not participate in the second race. Switzerland finished the giant’s event in fourth position, 0.46 behind Shiffrin and scored a total of 532 points. Third place went to Italian Marta Bassino, sixth for the Soldeu-El Tarter giant, at 0″69 from the unbeatable Shiffrin. That of Cuneo added 515 points.
This giant was the last for two French skiers: Coralie Frasse Sombet who retired at 31 and also Tessa Worley who hung up her skis at 32 after winning two Crystal Globes and 16 World Cup victories.
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