Mikaela Shiffrin wins record-tying 6th World Cup skiing title
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Key Points:
- Mikaela Shiffrin secured her sixth women's overall World Cup skiing title by finishing 11th in the final giant slalom race, holding off German rival Emma Aicher who finished 12th.
- Shiffrin needed only a top-15 finish to clinch the title, and despite being 17th after the first run, she delivered a strong second run to secure the championship.
- At 31, Shiffrin tied the record of six overall titles held by Austrian Annemarie Moser-Pröll, joining an elite group of women skiers with multiple World Cup titles.
- This season, Shiffrin dominated by winning nine of ten World Cup slaloms and also earned her third Olympic gold in slalom at the Milan Cortina Games.
- Shiffrin, who holds a record 110 World Cup victories, expressed excitement about continuing her ski racing career in the upcoming seasons.
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