Mikaela Shiffrin has locked up the slalom season title with the Olympics looming to become the first skier in the six-decade history of the World Cup with nine season titles in one discipline. On the men’s side, Ingemar Stenmark won the slalom globe and Marcel Hirscher the overall title eight times each. Shiffrin dominated the last slalom before the Milan Cortina Games, securing top spot in the discipline standings with two races to spare. Shiffrin won both runs on Sunday to beat runner-up Camille Rast, the world champion from Switzerland, by 1.67 seconds. Rast triumphed in the only slalom Shiffrin didn’t win this season, in Slovenia three weeks ago.

Source: The Guardian January 25, 2026 16:26 UTC