In Hafjell, Norway, Mikaela Shiffrin clinched her sixth women’s comprehensive World Cup ski championship, thereby equaling a record. She achieved this by fending off an attempt from her up-and-coming German competitor, Emma Aicher, during the season’s ultimate race on Wednesday.
The prominent American athlete merely had to place among the top fifteen in a giant slalom event. She accomplished this feat even before Aicher commenced her second run.
At 31 years old, Shiffrin drew even with the renowned Austrian downhill skier Annemarie Moser-Pröll, who claimed her six championships throughout the 1970s.
Moser-Pröll achieved five consecutive championships from 1971 to 1975, followed by a sixth in 1979. Shiffrin, in contrast, claimed three successive wins from 2017 to 2019, then secured consecutive championships in 2022 and 2023.
Lindsey Vonn occupies the third position on the women’s roster, possessing four comprehensive championships.
Marcel Hirscher tops the men’s ranking, holding eight comprehensive championships.
This has proven to be another outstanding year for Shiffrin, who secured her third Olympic top prize by triumphing decisively in the slalom event at the Milan Cortina Games.
Furthermore, Shiffrin triumphed in nine out of ten World Cup slalom races this season. She now possesses an unparalleled 110 wins spanning all categories — significantly the highest number achieved by any male or female competitor in the World Cup. Ingemar Stenmark ranks second, having secured 86 victories during the decades of the 1970s and 1980s.