Mikaela Shiffrin cemented her claim as the best American Alpine skier ever by winning her record-breaking sixth world championship on Monday. Shiffrin won the combined event in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, to reach the milestone. Opening with a third place in the super-G portion of the event, she tore down an icy course in her specialty, the slalom, making up a small deficit to win by 0.86 of a second. “For sure it was a tough slalom,” Shiffrin told reporters. “So I’m really happy I got down with a really good run.”

Source: New York Times February 15, 2021 15:56 UTC