American star Shiffrin Extends All-time best with Historic 105th World Cup Giant Slalom Win.

Mikaela Shiffrin isn't just winning every slalom of the Olympic season. She’s dominating each race and winning by large margins as well.

A Night of History-Making Skiing

The US ski sensation earned a 105th record-broadening World Cup victory after several of her primary challengers went out during the first run of a evening event on Tuesday.

Shiffrin built upon her first-run lead and concluded over one and a half seconds ahead of Swiss skier Camille Rast and 1.71 seconds ahead of competitor from Germany Emma Aicher.

"The skier has triumphed in the first four slaloms of the season – and five straight including the last event of last season," observed analysts.

Overwhelming Leads of Victory

All of her margins of victory this season have topped a full second – with a trio over 1.5 seconds: 1.66 in Levi, Finland; 1.23 seconds in Gurgl, Austria; and 1.57 seconds in Copper Mountain, Colorado before her most recent performance in the French Alps.

Challengers Face Difficulty

Rivals scrambling to catch Shiffrin ran into difficulty.

• Lena Duerr, the German skier who was third after the first run, went off course early in her second trip down.
• Lara Colturi, the Italian-born skier who represents Albania, straddled a gate toward the end of her initial run – ending a streak of three consecutive slalom podiums.
• Wendy Holdener managed a seventh-place finish despite a incident at the end of her first run where she hit a hole, was launched into the air, and landed on her back.

Reigning World Cup slalom champion Zrinka Ljutic and Olympic silver medalist Katharina Liensberger, the following two competitors, were disqualified midway down the course.

This marks the third consecutive slalom that Ljutic has failed to finish.

Final Standings

Katharina Truppe of Austria finished fourth and American skier Paula Moltzan moved up from ninth to fifth with the fastest second run of the race.

An Iconic Career of Achievements

This win represented Shiffrin's 68th World Cup slalom victory. Her Games accolades include gold in slalom at the 2014 Sochi Olympics and the giant slalom gold four years later at the Pyeongchang Games. She did not reach the podium at the 2022 Beijing Games.

The upcoming winter Olympics' women’s Alpine skiing events will be held in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy – a venue where Shiffrin secured four medals in her four events at the 2021 world championships.