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Mikaela Shiffrin extends slalom record with win at World Cup

Mikaela Shiffrin built on her first-run lead to win a women’s World Cup slalom race Sunday for her record-extending career victory No. 90.

The American two-time Olympic champion pleased the home crowd by posting the fastest time in both runs and beating her Slovakian rival Petra Vlhova by 0.33 seconds.

“It’s amazing to do this, especially here, with the home crowd,” said Shiffrin, who is from Colorado but can almost consider Killington a hometown race because she honed her skills nearby at the Burke Mountain Academy as a teenager. Read More

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