Shiffrin celebrates her first Super-G victory

Mikaela Shiffrin is already one of the most successful ski racers. In the slalom, the 23-year-old rushes from victory to victory. However, the American has so far been denied a victory in a Super-G race.

Until this Sunday: At the Super-G in Lake Louise, Shiffrin impressively demonstrated that she can now be taken more than just seriously, even in the speed disciplines.

Shiffrin, who started 12th, literally flew over the slopes and achieved a confident best time. The following competitors also bit their teeth on this. The Norwegian Ragnhild Mowinckel took second place, 00,77 seconds behind. Viktoria Rebensburg from Germany, who started the race with start number 2, ended up in third place (+1).

Little to gain for South Tyroleans There was little to gain for the South Tyroleans. Nicol Delago, who achieved her best World Cup result on Saturday with 5th place, had to be content with 18th place this time. Anna Hofer from Steinhaus finished the race in 34th place.

Federica Brignone ended up as the best “Azzurra” in 12th place, Elena Curtoni collected some World Cup points in 13th place. Crash overshadows race The Austrian Christine Scheyer fell badly. As she exited the middle section she fell and flew into the safety net. Screaming, the 24-year-old held her left knee.

Scheyer had to be rescued by rescue workers and the race was briefly interrupted. 46th World Cup victory for Shiffrin For Mikaela Shiffrin it was the 46th World Cup victory and the third this winter. In doing so, she further expanded her overall leadership.

With her victory, Shiffrin has moved into an illustrious circle. She is the seventh runner to win in the alpine disciplines of downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom and combined. Petra Kronberger (AUT), Pernilla Wiberg (SWE), Janica Kostelic (CRO), Anja Pärson (SWE), Lindsey Vonn (USA) and Tina Maze (SLO) had previously achieved this.

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Shiffrin celebrates her first Super-G victory

She was still missing this victory: Mikaela Shiffrin celebrated her first victory in the Super-G on Sunday in Lake Louise - so she won in all five disciplines. However, there was nothing to gain for the South Tyroleans.

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