In a breathtaking display of talent and determination, Mikaela Shiffrin, the winningest alpine skier of all time, has reached an incredible milestone, claiming 100 wins in 278 races at the Alpine World Ski Cup. Shiffrin won her 63rd World Cup Slalom race today. She is the most decorated Slalom skier of any gender with Ingemar Stenmark (40 wins) and Marlies Schild (35 wins) as her nearest competitors. Lindsey Vonn is the only woman with more World Cup wins (82) in all disciplines than Shiffrin has just in Slalom.
With 155 World Cup podium finishes, Shiffrin has matched Ingemar Stenmark's record for the most podiums by any Alpine ski racer.
Shiffrin has won seven of the last eight World Cup Slalom races she has started. In her previous Slalom event before today, held in Courchevel, she placed 10th, marking her return after a 60-day injury absence.
"It's a lot to process, I'm a bit overwhelmed, but also excited. I think that I had to wait so long for this to happen, shows how difficult it is to win. I think it's pretty special to share it with Paula my teammate. We kept pushing each other and made this achievable. After the past few weeks, I felt today so much had to go right for me and wrong for others. The first run was so fast and many things just went for me. In the end, I did something right too," Shiffrin said.
"I see this milestone as an opportunity to bring more people into the sport,” says Mikaela. “Skiing has given me so much, and I want to help open doors for the next generation," she added.
Mikaela Shiffrin made her debut in the World Cup on March 11, 2011, in Giant Slalom at Špindlerův Mlýn in the Czech Republic. When she was only 16-year-old Shiffrin, in her 8th World Cup start she made it onto the podium in Slalom in December 2011 in Lienz. A year after she won her first World Cup race in Åre on December 2012 when she was only 17 years old.
On March 11, 2023, in Åre Mikaela Shiffrin surpassed Ingemar Stenmark's record of 86 World Cup victories. The victory in Sweden, where she won her first World Cup race 11 years earlier, statistically made Mikaela Shiffrin the Greatest Skier of All Time.
Zrinka Ljutic finished in second place 0.61 seconds behind Shiffrin. With three wins (Semmering, Kranjska Gora, and Courchevel) and a second place today, she now took the lead in the Slalom standings with 489 points. Camille Rast, who did not finish the first run, is second with 450 points. Katharina Liensberger is in third place and 105 points behind the Croatian.
"I am really happy that I got to be here today. She was fighting so hard, she really deserved it. She finally took this 100th win and it was special that I could witness it today," Ljutic said.
Paula Moltzan rounded up the podium 0.64 seconds behind her teammate.
"We have four days off, so I am going to go to London. I have been in the mountains since December 18th, so I need a change of pace. A little vacation," Moltzan said.
19-year-old Cornelia Öhlund also wrote a prominent chapter in the Slalom at Sestriere. The Swede found an almost perfect line in the second run and catapulted herself from 23rd place in the first run to fifth place, her best result in the World Cup.