Mikaela Shiffrin made a triumphant return to the Alpine skiing World Cup after a six-week injury layoff, dominating the season's penultimate slalom for career win No. 96 and locking up her record-equaling eighth season title in the discipline.
ARE, Sweden -- Mikaela Shiffrin made a triumphant return to the Alpine skiing World Cup on Sunday after a six-week injury layoff, dominating the season's penultimate slalom for her 96th career win and locking up her record-equaling eighth season title in the discipline.
Shiffrin had been out since she sprained the MCL and tibiofibular ligament in her knee in January while also still recovering from a bone bruise she had sustained at the start of the season. The German skier had to win both Sunday's race and the season-ending slalom at the World Cup finals in Austria next weekend to stay in contention, but Duerr finished fourth, 1.35 behind Shiffrin.
The slalom title will be Shiffrin's only globe this season. She skipped Saturday's giant slalom on the same hill and won't compete in the speed events of the finals, leaving her without enough races to close the 345-point gap on leader Lara Gut-Behrami. The Swiss star has all but secured her second overall title, after winning it for the first time in 2016.
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