Shiffrin holds off Aicher to win record-tying 6th overall 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, tying the record held by Annemarie Moser-Pröll from the 1970s.
- Shiffrin’s closest competitor, Emma Aicher, needed to win the race and have Shiffrin finish 16th or worse, but Aicher finished 12th after a critical mistake in her second run.
- Shiffrin’s season included nine World Cup slalom wins and a third Olympic gold, bringing her career total to a record 110 World Cup victories across all disciplines.
- Valerie Grenier won the final giant slalom race, with Mina Fuerst Holtmann and Julia Scheib finishing second and third respectively; Shiffrin finished fourth in the race.
- The U.S. women’s team won the Nations Cup title for the first time since 1982, fueled by strong performances from Shiffrin, Lindsey Vonn, and other athletes contributing to 11 World Cup victories and 27 podium finishes.
