Ski: Shiffrin takes victory number 87 and surpasses Stenmark, no one like her

Mikaela Shiffrin dominating the special slalom in Aare in Sweden achieved the 87th career victory in the World Cup and surpasses the legend Ingemar Stenmark who yesterday equaled by winning the giant slalom. Mikaela Shiffrin, who will blow out 28 candles on Monday, is a sports legend. On the Swedish snow of Aare, a town that was included in the masterplan to beat the strong candidacy of Milano Cortina in the challenge for the assignment of the 2026 Winter Games, the US champion hit another giant slalom double in just 24 hours. She did it on one of the slopes that she likes best, the ‘Olympia’ in the romantic resort of Jaemtland, one of the snow sports capitals of all Scandinavia.

Only in this season Mikaela Shiffrin has hit a close encore on three other occasions: last November 19 and 20 in Levi (Finland) by winning the two slaloms, even the trio between December 27 and 29 in Semmering (Austria) with two successes in giant and one in slalom, and on 24 and 25 January at Plan de Corones in Alto Adige where he had imposed his law in giant. Shiffrin with her sublime and precise skiing kissed by the ‘Swedish’ sun, ran away between one gate and another going to cross the finish line with a good 92 cents ahead of the Swiss Wendy Holdener. Third at 95 cents from the American the Swede Anna Swenn Larsson, fourth at 1″54 the other stars and stripes skier, Paula Moltzan and fifth at 1″59 the Canadian, reigning world champion between narrow poles, Laurence St -German. Best blue, Marta Rossetti, nineteenth at 3″30 from Shiffrin. At next week’s Cup finals in Andorra there will be no athletes at the start of the last special slalom race. Tomorrow for the women’s White Circus transfer day to the Pyrenees: from 15 to 19 the finals will take place in Soldeu in Andorra.