Mikaela Shiffrin tied the all-time record for Alpine Skiing World Cup wins with a dominant victory in Friday's giant slalom race in Are.
Shiffrin levelled the mark set by the great Ingemar Stenmark, the American doing so in Stenmark's home country of Sweden.
She led the way by 0.58 seconds after the first run and was faultless on the second to claim triumph ahead of Federica Brignone and Sweden's Sara Hector.
The win sees her add the giant slalom globe to her overall and slalom globes for this season and puts her in position to break Stenmark's record in Saturday's slalom at the same venue.
THE. MOST. WORLD. CUP. WINS. EVER. @mikaelashiffrin just tied the record set by Ingemar Stenmark for the most alpine World Cup wins by any skier, man or woman, in history. #stifelusalpineteam // @Stifel pic.twitter.com/e6GMIJkpvb
— U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team (@usskiteam) March 10, 2023
Speaking after her historic win at the scene of her first World Cup success, Shiffrin said: "It was just a spectacular day.
"I knew the GS globe was locked in [her only challenger Lara Gut-Behrami failed to finish her first run] before I raced, I just wanted to push and fight for it. That's amazing.
"After the overall and the slalom globe, the biggest real dream the rest of the season was the GS globe. I just tried to earn it."
Shiffrin's 86th win came from her 245th start. Her 246th could see her solidified as the greatest World Cup skier of all time.
