Mikaela Shiffrin

Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin secured the golden treble of the three-day series at Semmering for a career 80th World Cup victory.

[Lindsey Vonn](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/lindsey-vonn) for most World Cup victories by a woman. Slovak sensation Petra Vlhova (506 points) is in second place, with Italy’s downhill queen I don’t even understand it yet,” Shiffrin said about edging closer to the ultimate milestone. She finished 0.29s ahead of compatriot Paula Moltzan (1:43.55), with Germany’s Lena Duerr rounding off the podium with 1:43.55. Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin secured the golden treble of the three-day series at Semmering for a career 80th World Cup victory. “I knew it was going to be bumpy and had some tough spots but I have been trying not to look ahead too much.

Mikaela Shiffrin led Paula Moltzan for an American one-two finish in a night slalom Thursday to become the first ski racer with 50 World Cup wins in a ...

The Swede struggled in her second run and dropped to shared sixth position with Croatian prodigy Zrinka Ljutic. It’s so special to share a podium with her,” Shiffrin said. “I felt really good.

Mikaela Shiffrin competes during the first run of the World Cup slalom in Semmering, Austria on Thursday. Shiffrin has the fastest time heading into the second ...

The 24-year-old was 24th in the Bormio, Italy, event with a time of 1:32.76. By capping a successful week with her sixth win of the season, Shiffrin moved into a tie for the slalom discipline lead. [Tuesday](https://www.vaildaily.com/sports/mikaela-shiffrin-wins-giant-slalom-world-cup-in-semmering-austria-to-claim-her-78th-career-win/) and [Wednesday](https://www.vaildaily.com/news/mikaela-shiffrin-nabs-second-straight-giant-slalom-win-in-semmering-austria/) — in scintillating fashion. She gained back sixth-hundredths in segment two and 0.26 seconds in the third. “It was a bit wild. Conservative in the first segment, she gave back 0.30 seconds. [time of 49.82 seconds](https://live.fis-ski.com/lv-al5027.htm#/follow) earlier in the day. 26, 2020](https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=AL&competitorid=155859&raceid=104275)), holding down the third position (50.61). The Slovak worked the upper section aggressively and then recovered from a sloppy third segment to rip the fastest final, moving into first by 0.14 seconds. I was like, she might win this race,” an emotional Shiffrin said after winning her 50th-career World Cup slalom and 80th-career World Cup event. Plus, Mikaela Shiffrin can own the copyright for an original “Semmering Sweep” after Thursday. No need for “three-peat” when you can go and make it a four-peat, right?

"Holy sh*t!" American Paula Moltzan gushed that expletive as she hugged teammate Mikaela Shiffrin in the finish corral of the Semmering World Cup slalom.

The Team USA skier had first managed the hat trick in 2016 in Semmering. Winning three tech events in a row had only been done by one other female skier before, ...

The only other double podium with 1st and 2nd place going to Americans was in Heavenly in 1971, with Barbara Ann Cochran and Karen Budge winning 1st and 2nd place, respectively. Cheers erupted from the Team USA area, and her teammates rushed to her to congratulate Moltzan on her first-ever World Cup podium in Slalom. It also takes her to 50 Slalom World Cup victories, the most Slalom wins by any skier, male or female. Anna made her way down the race course but almost lost her balance in the midsection. She was tied in Cup Standings for first place with Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener ahead of the Semmering Slalom race. From the first run, only the top 30 skiers qualify for the second run.

Mikaela Shiffrin is closing on Lindsey Vonn and Ingemar Stenmark's World Cup records, and with Marco Odermatt also on fire, more skiing records could go.

Shiffrin is not the only one to be on a roll in the 2022/23 season. If Odermatt is to break Maier's record, it will likely come towards the back-end of the campaign in March. Of course, this relies on her winning every race, so perhaps the records are more likely to be broken later on in the season. Much will depend on whether Shiffrin decides to race downhill at each opportunity this season - she already raced in the discipline at St Moritz earlier this month - but if she does, then the likeliest first opportunity for her to break the 86-win mark is in St Anton, Austria on 12-15 January. [won a hat-trick of races in Semmering](https://www.eurosport.com/alpine-skiing/semmering/2022-2023/mikaela-shiffrin-wins-80th-world-cup-race-in-semmering-slalom-to-move-closer-to-breaking-lindsey-von_sto9293394/story.shtml), Austria this week as she took her World Cup wins tally to 80. Mikaela Shiffrin is accustomed to breaking records - but the two just ahead of her could be the most special yet.

Mikaela Shiffrin (center) taking home gold, Lara Gut Behrami (left) winning silver, and Marta Bassino (right) getting bronze at the GS in Semmering, ...

This meant Lara Gut-Behrami was the last starter, and Mikaela Shiffrin was the second last starter on the second run. So I hope that, more than anything else, Mikaela finds enjoyment not just on the mountain but in all aspects of life. Regardless of whether she breaks these World Cup records by Vonn and Stenmark, she is an incredible skier who has broken so many other records already, like most World Cup wins in a single discipline, Slalom, as well as being the only skier — male or female — to have won FIS World Cup victories in all six Alpine disciplines. The course on Wednesday was faster than on Tuesday, with Switzerland’s Lara Gut-Behrami and Mikaela Shiffrin being the only ones to manage runs of under one minute on the first run. Lara was in the lead in front of Mikaela after the first run by 0.22 seconds. For me, over these next few years, it’s like trying to find a way to find more enjoyment in life.” If she can keep winning a third of the events, she could beat Lindsey Vonn’s 82 World Cup victories and potentially even Ingemar Stenmark’s record. Sweden’s Stenmark currently holds the global record for most FIS World Cup wins with 86 titles. Paula Moltzan has had her best GS season so far after a ‘Personal Best’ 8th place in Sestriere, Italy, earlier this month. The fastest time on the second run went to Canadian Valerie Grenier and the second fastest to American Paula Moltzan, who had come 12th and 24th, respectively, on the first run. The 27-year-old is having a fantastic start to her thirteenth FIS World Cup season. After smashing the first Giant-Slalom (‘GS’) event at the FIS World Cup in Semmering on Tuesday, December 27, 2022, Mikaela Shiffrin also managed to win the second GS event at the Austrian ski resort on Wednesday, December 28, 2022, taking her tally of World Cup wins to 79.