PARIS: Mikaela Shiffrin held her nerve to take a record-extending 99th World Cup win, holding off the challenge of Lara Colturi in the slalom at Gurgl, Austria, on Saturday.
US skier Shiffrin said she felt the pressure as she went off last as leader.
“I really was nervous on the top,” she told Eurosport at the finish. “I could hear all the other women going down and their teams cheering and that always means they have really good runs and it was getting really sort of darker,” she said. “I was like: I don´t think it´s happening today. Push! Push! Push!”
Shiffrin stayed in control as she recorded the fifth-fastest second run in 49.14 seconds for a total time of 1min 40.22sec.
That was enough to finish 0.55sec ahead of Colturi, who represents Albania, and 0.57 ahead of Camille Rast of Switzerland.
“It feels really satisfying to have a really great run down that slope,” said Shiffrin. “What a wonderful day.”
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