Mikaela Shiffrin extends podium streak, ties Ted Ligety record
Mikaela Shiffrin tied the American record for World Cup giant slalom podiums, placing third in snowy Tremblant, Quebec, for a second consecutive day on Sunday.
Italian Federica Brignone, who on Saturday became the oldest woman to win a World Cup GS at age 33, prevailed again Sunday. She edged Swiss Lara Gut-Behrami by 33 hundredths combining times from two runs. Shiffrin was 39 hundredths back for her fifth consecutive podium.
Deteriorating conditions under snowfall impacted the second run. The last five skiers, who were the five fastest in the first run, were the 12th, 13th, 17th, 18th and 23rd fastest in the second run. That included Shiffrin, who trailed Slovakian Petra Vlhova by five hundredths in the opening run.
Shiffrin made her 41st World Cup GS podium, tying Ted Ligety's American record. Her 21 World Cup GS wins are most among women and second in American history behind the retired Ligety's 24.
ALPINE SKIING: Full Results | Broadcast Schedule
Shiffrin owns more slalom wins (55) than any man or woman and last March broke Swedish legend Ingemar Stenmark's total Alpine World Cup wins record of 86.
Also Sunday, 22-year-old American A.J. Hurt finished a career-high ninth in her 56th World Cup start. Her previous best was 18th.
The women's Alpine World Cup switches to downhills and super-Gs the next two weekends in Europe. Shiffrin, who often skips speed races, has not announced which, if any of those, she will contest.
